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March 1924
The following events occurred in March 1924: March 1, 1924 (Saturday) *The Nixon Nitration Works disaster, an explosion of ammonium nitrate, killed at least 18 people, destroyed several miles of New Jersey factories, and demolished the "tiny industrial town of Nixon, New Jersey." *Public vehicles such as taxicabs were allowed into London's Hyde Park for the first time since 1636, after the House of Commons had repealed the ban on motion by M.P. Ben Smith. The 1636 law had made Hyde Park "reserved for people who kept their own carriages." Smith himself had been a taxicab driver prior to becoming an official in the Transport and General Workers' Union. *The Communist Party of Germany was legally reinstated. It had been banned in November 1923 after it tried to launch a general strike. *'' Alice's Day at Sea'', the first of 57 films in Walt Disney's Alice Comedies series, was introduced to American cinemas as a short (11-minute) movie to be shown prior to a feature film. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abolition Of The Caliphate, The Last Caliph, Le Petit Journal Illustré, 16 March 1924
Abolition refers to the act of putting an end to something by law, and may refer to: *Abolitionism, abolition of slavery *Capital punishment#Abolition of capital punishment, Abolition of the death penalty, also called capital punishment *Abolition of monarchy *Abolition of nuclear weapons *Abolition of prisons *Police abolition movement *Abolition of suffering *Abolitionism (animal rights), related to veganism *Abolition of time zones *Open border, Abolition of borders See also * *Abolition of slavery timeline *Abolitionism (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
