* 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 )

Barrie's Marie Rose contains references to Harris inspired by a holiday visit to Amhuinnsuidhe Castle and he wrote a screenplay for the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan whilst on Eilean Shona.

In 1924, the 42, 195 meters long Marathon became the standard that is today, based on the distance for the 1908 London Marathon from Windsor Castle to the White City stadium in London.

* Card Castle ( 1924 )

For a decade, the old courts system ( until 1924 ), then the new Free State courts system, was based in the old viceregal apartments in Dublin Castle.

They later bought Williamstown Castle in 1875, Clareville in 1899 and Willow Park in 1924.

The Lexden Medallion was found when the tumulus was excavated in 1924 and is now in the Colchester Castle Museum.

During 1924 Caerphilly Castle was exhibited at The British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, alongside Sir Nigel Gresley ’ s Flying Scotsman.

No. 111 was rebuilt in 1924, as a 4-6-0 in the Castle Class, and given the name Viscount Churchill although it retained its number.

In 1924, the railway line was extended beyond Castle Hill to Rogans Hill.

In 1924, the Earl of Lonsdale sold Whitehaven Castle to Mr H. Walker, who then donated the building to the people of Cumbria, along with monies to convert it into a hospital to replace the Victorian Whitehaven Hospital.

In 1924 the Castle and estate was gifted to the town by Lady Ardilaun, a descendant of the McCarthy chiefs, who was the widow of Lord Ardilaun.

In his 1924 edition of The Castle of Otranto, Montague Summers showed that the life story of Manfred of Sicily inspired some details of the plot.

* Queen Mary's Dolls ' House was designed for Queen Mary in 1924 by Sir Edwin Lutyens, a leading architect of the time, and is on display at Windsor Castle.

* Hillsborough Castle a two storey Georgian mansion, was Government House from 1924 until 1973 and is the official residence of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ( and other royal family members ) when visiting the province and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1973.

* The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 1924

It was originally exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924 – 1925, and is now on display in Windsor Castle, at Windsor, Berkshire, England, as a tourist attraction, especially to people with an interest in miniature houses and furniture.

Dale Edward Wolf ( born September 6, 1924 ) is an American businessman and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware.

: Arundel Castle ( 3 ) ( 1894 – 1905 ), Avondale Castle ( 1897 – 1912 ), Braemar Castle ( 1 ) ( 1898 – 1924 ), Carisbrook Castle ( 1898 – 1922 ), ' Doune Castle ( 1890 – 1904 ), Dunolly Castle ( 1897 – 1905 ), Dunottar Castle ( 1890 – 1913 ), Dunvegan Castle ( 1896 – 1923 ), Garth Castle ( 1880 – 1901 ), Harlech Castle ( 1894 – 1904 ), Hawarden Castle ( 1883 – 1904 ), Kildonan Castle ( 1899 – 1931 ), Kinfauns Castle ( 2 ) ( 1899 – 1927 ), Lismore Castle ( 1891 – 1904 ), Norham Castle ( 1883 – 1903 ), Pembroke Castle ( 2 ) ( 1883 – 1906 ), Raglan Castle ( 1897 – 1905 ), Roslin Castle ( 2 ) ( 1883 – 1904 ), Tantallon Castle ( 2 ) ( 1894 – 1901 ), Tintagel Castle ( 1 ) ( 1896 – 1912 )

It was not until 1924 that the Women's Improvement Club of Marysville commissioned John McLaren, famed designer of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, to turn the swamp into a " beautiful lake ".

China Gate restaurant, originally built in 1924 as China Garden to house a Peking Opera company.

* Benny Hill ( 1924 – 1992 ), British comedian lived at 1 & 2 Queen's Gate.

Another notable early radio drama, one of the first specially written for the medium in the UK, was Danger by Richard Hughes, broadcast by the BBC on January 15, 1924, about a group of people trapped in a Welsh coal mine.

This mine remained idle for many years until being briefly re-opened as a cooperative venture between 1921 and 1924.

At approximately 7: 05 AM EST on Monday, April 28, 1924, the coal mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporation's mill located in Benwood exploded, killing all 119 men who were working in the coal mine at the time.

Eighteen years after the devastating 1924 explosion at the Wheeling Steel mine, Benwood was once again the location of another tragic coal mining disaster.

Artyom was founded in 1924 near the Zybunny pit mine, named after revolutionary Fyodor Sergeyev who was better known by his nickname Artyom.

Lou Blonger ( May 13, 1849 – April 20, 1924 ), born Louis Herbert Belonger, was a Wild West saloonkeeper, gambling-house owner, and mine speculator, but is best known as the kingpin of an extensive ring of confidence tricksters that operated for more than 25 years in Denver, Colorado.

The Soviet Union began developing mines in the early 1920s, and in 1924 produced its first anti-tank mine, the EZ mine.

She was renamed HMS Dolphin in 1924 and was sunk by a mine in 1939.

The mine operations were foreclosed in 1924 and the town never recovered thereafter.

Raymond Dart became interested in fossils found at the lime mine at Taung near Kimberley, South Africa in 1924.

The name comes from the Boliden mine, some 30 km northwest of the Swedish town of Skellefteå, where gold was found in 1924.

Before the mine closed in 1924, approximately $ 500, 000 worth of gold was excavated.

She was renamed Dolphin in 1924 and was sunk by a mine in 1939.

In 1924, the mine at Brule in Jasper National Park was closed.

On 27 November 1924, an inrush of water flooded the mine with such terrible force that it tore out the roof.

He then returns home safe and later Kate becomes pregnant, but when she is seven months pregnant David is killed in a mine explosion, causing her to go into premature labor and give birth to a son, Anthony " Tony " James Blackwell ( b. 1924 ).