1924

1924JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberFrom top to bottom, left to right:The death of Vladimir Lenin sparks a Soviet power struggle, aiding Joseph Stalin’s rise;The Abolition of the Caliphate by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk accelerates Turkey’s secularization;The 1924 Summer Olympics are held in Paris, introducing the first Olympic Village;The Second Zhili–Fengtian War intensifies China’s Warlord Era;The São Paulo Revolt of 1924 causes months of urban warfare;The August Uprising in Georgia is brutally suppressed by Bolsheviks.Calendar yearWikimedia Commons has media related to 1924.1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1924th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 924th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1920s decade. Calendar yearEventseditJanuaryedit1924 Winter OlympicsJanuary 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.January 20–30 – Kuomintang in China holds its first National Congress, initiating a policy