* 1924 – Raymond Barre, French politician, Prime Minister of France ( d. 2007 )

* 1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – David Rowbotham, Australian poet ( d. 2010 )

* 1924 – Samuel Bowers, American murder, co-founded White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ( d. 2006 )

* 1924 – James Baldwin, American writer ( d. 1987 )

* 1924 – Joe Harnell, American pianist, composer, and arranger ( d. 2005 )

* 1924 – Carroll O ' Connor, American actor ( d. 2001 )

* 1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the " Beer Hall Putsch ".

* 1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

* 1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand, French racing cyclist ( b. 1870 )

* 1924 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter ( b. 1876 )

* 2000 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist ( b. 1924 )

* 1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress ( d. 2007 )

* 1924 – Frank Worrell, Indian cricketer ( d. 1967 )

* 1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-English writer ( b. 1857 )

* 2004 – Bob Murphy, American sportscaster ( b. 1924 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

* 1844 – Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1924 )

In the Olympic Games held in Paris in 1924 a team composed by Juan Miles, Enrique Padilla, Juan Nelson, Arturo Kenny, G. Brooke Naylor and A. Peña obtained the gold medal ; this also occurred in Berlín 1936 with players Manuel Andrada, Andrés Gazzotti, Roberto Cavanagh, Luis Duggan, Juan Nelson, Diego Cavanagh and Enrique Alberdi.

* 2012 – G. Kasturi, Indian journalist ( b. 1924 )

In 1924 Creed & Company, founded by Frederick G. Creed, entered the teleprinter field with their Model 1P, which was soon superseded by the improved Model 2P.

** Milburn G. Apt, American test pilot ( b. 1924 )

* Minick: A Play ( 1924 ) ( with G. S. Kaufman )

* Manchee, W. H. ( 1924 ), The Westminster City Fathers ( the Burgess Court of Westminster ) 1585 – 1901: Being some account of their powers and domestic rule of the City prior to its incorporation in 1901 ; with a foreword by Walter G. Bell and 36 illustrations which relate to documents ( some pull-outs ) and artefacts.

In 1924, Citroën began a business relationship with American engineer Edward G. Budd.

* E. M. G. Routh, Lady Margaret: A Memoir of Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond & Derby, Mother of Henry VII, 1924: e-text

In 1924 G & M merged with Goodrich.

* Catawba County Courthouse, a 1924 Government Courthouse by architects Willard G. Rogers and J. J.

In 1924, the G & SIRR operated as a subsidiary of the Illinois Central Railroad but lost its independent identity in 1946.

* Harold G. Kiner ( April 14, 1924 – October 2, 1944 ) United States Army Medal of Honor winner was born here.

In May 1924, at Montlhéry, near Paris, T. G. Gillett broke the continuous 24-hour record in a 2-litre A. C., fitted with special streamlined bodywork, covering a distance of 1, 949. 3 miles.

In his Galaxy Five-Star Shelf column of December, 1954, he states, "... I actually did not become an earnest devotee of the form until 1944, about a year before the Atomic Age actually opened .... The first item I remember reading that could be classified as science fiction was H. G. Wells ' Men Like Gods, back in 1924 when I was a college sophomore.

In the twentieth century, early examples of cable-stayed bridges included A. Gisclard's unusual Cassagnes bridge ( 1899 ), in which the horizontal part of the cable forces is balanced by a separate horizontal tie cable, preventing significant compression in the deck, and G. Leinekugel le Coq's bridge at Lézardrieux in Brittany ( 1924 ).

( Provost of Trinity College Dublin and former Dean of St. Patrick's ); The Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick, A History & Description of the Building, with a Short Account of the Deans ; London: G. Bell and Sons, 1924

Robert G. Shulman ( born March 3, 1924 ) is a biophysicist and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a Senior Research Scientist at the Department Diagnostic Radiology at Yale University.

* Edmonson, Ben G. " Pat Harrison and Mississippi in the Presidential Elections of 1924 and 1928 ".

In 1924 local surgeon John G. " Doc " Striegel purchased the Pottsville Eleven for $ 1, 500.

On 9 May 1924, H. G. Wells led a delegation to ask for birth control reforms.

* Sonata in G minor for solo cello ( 1924, dedicated to Cyril Cope )

H. G. Wells satirized boarding houses of the Edwardian era in his novel The Dream ( 1924 ).

* A. G. Palmgren ( 1924 ): Die Lebensdauer von Kugellagern ( Life Length of Roller Bearings.

Brian G. Hughes ( 1849 – 1924 ) was a US businessman and practical joker.