* 1992 – Albert King, American blues musician ( b. 1924 )

A pioneering work of the genre was The King of Elfland's Daughter, a 1924 novel by Lord Dunsany.

* Louis V. King On The Direct Numerical Calculation Of Elliptic Functions And Integrals ( Cambridge University Press, 1924 )

King George II was asked to leave the country, and on 25 March 1924, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaimed the Second Hellenic Republic, ratified by plebiscite a month later.

* 1924 – Clyde King, American baseball player and manager ( d. 2010 )

After the First World War, the Hashemite Sayyid Hussein bin Ali was proclaimed King of an independent Hejaz, but soon after, in 1924, he was defeated by Ibn Saud, who integrated Medina and the whole of the Hejaz into the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

On 8 October 1924, the Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald suffered defeat in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence, forcing MacDonald to go to the King to seek a dissolution of Parliament and new elections.

The King failed to move against the Mussolini regime's abuses of power ( including, as early as 1924, the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti and other opposition MPs ) and remained silent during the winter of 1925 – 26 when Mussolini dropped all pretense of democracy.

Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, representing the government and Albert I, King of Belgium, presented the monument to Mayor John F. Hylan, for the City of New York May 18, 1924.

Buchan's name had been earlier put forward by Mackenzie King to George V as a candidate for the governor generalcy: Buchan and his wife had been guests of Mackenzie King's at his estate, Kingsmere, in 1924, and Mackenzie King, who at that time was prime minister, was impressed with Buchan, stating, " I know no man I would rather have as a friend, a beautiful, noble soul, kindly & generous in thought & word & act, informed as few men in this world have ever been, modest, humble, true, man after God's own heart.

Curtis married Anna Elizabeth Baird ( 1860 – 1924 ), with whom he had three children: Permelia Jeannette Curtis, Henry " Harry " King Curtis and Leona Virginia Curtis.

The first section of the main body of the cathedral was complete by 1924, and on 19 July 1924, the 20th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone, the cathedral was consecrated in the presence of King George V and Queen Mary, and bishops and archbishops from round the globe.

George II (, Geórgios Βʹ, Vasiléfs ton Ellínon ; 20 July 1890 – 1 April 1947 ) reigned as King of Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947.

To ensure that the race would finish in front of the King, the finish line was moved by British officials who, in response to shot putter and American flag carrier Ralph Rose's refusal to dip the American flag before the Royal Box during the opening ceremony, “ felt compelled to restore the importance of the monarchy .” As a result of these changes, the marathon covered a distance of 26 miles 385 yards ( 42. 195 km ), which became the standard length starting with the 1924 Summer Olympics.

In 1924, he moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he became a full-fledged star with such high-profile films as His Hour directed by King Vidor and written by Elinor Glyn ; He Who Gets Slapped ( both 1924 ), co-starring Lon Chaney, Sr. and Norma Shearer, and directed by Victor Sjöström ; and The Merry Widow ( 1925 ) directed by Erich von Stroheim and co-starring Mae Murray.

* In the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz ( later merged into present-day Saudi Arabia ), the sole Vizier was ( 10 June 1916-3 October 1924 ) the future second king Ali ibn Hussein al-Hashimi, under his father Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi ( the first to assume the title Malik, i. e. King, instead of Grand Sharif ), maintained after the assumption of the Caliphal style ( only 11 March 1924-3 October 1924 )

The Jane Gifford was gifted to the Waiuku Historical Society by Captain Bert Subritzky and his wife Moana in 1985, where it was re-masted and re-rigged to its original splendor, while the Owhiti, which had starred in the 1983 movie Savage Islands ( starring Tommy Lee Jones and amongst others Kiwi icon and singer Prince Tui Teka as King Ponapa ), was sold to Captain Dave Skyme in the late 1980s and fully restored to its 1924 sea worthiness.

:* 2nd Battalion King ’ s Shropshire LI 1924 – 1927

A strong critic of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Azaña published an energetic manifesto against the dictator and King Alfonso XIII in 1924.

Thereafter, members of the Royal Family would stay periodically at Rideau Hall, if not as governor general then as guests of the Crown, so that the palace played host to Prince Leopold ( later also Duke of Albany ) in 1880 ; Prince George ( later King George V ) in 1882, 1901, and 1908 ; Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught ( later also the Duke and Duchess of Strathearn ), in 1890 and as the viceregal couple from 1906 to 1912 ; Princess Louise in 1900 ; Princess Patricia with her parents from 1906 to 1912 ; Prince Albert ( later King George VI ) in 1910 and 1913 ; Edward, Prince of Wales ( later King Edward VIII ), in 1919, 1923, 1924, and 1927 ; Prince George ( later also Duke of Kent ) in 1926 and 1927 ; and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, in 1929.

Examples include Little Orphan Annie ( drawn and plotted by Harold Gray from 1924 to 1944 and thereafter by a succession of artists including Leonard Starr and Andrew Pepoy ), and Terry and The Pirates, started by Milton Caniff in 1934 and picked up by George Wunder.

On 28 August 1924 Blyton married Major Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO ( 1888 – 1971 ), editor of the book department in the publishing firm of George Newnes, which published two of her books that year.

* 1845 – George Kennan, American explorer ( d. 1924 )

George Herbert Walker Bush ( born June 12, 1924 ) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States ( 1989 – 93 ).

George Herbert Walker Bush was born at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924 to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush.

* George Clinton ( rugby league ) ( born 1924 ), rugby league footballer of the 1940s and ' 50s, and coach of the 1950s and ' 60s

It was not until 1924 that Ira and George Gershwin teamed up to write the music for their first Broadway hit Lady, Be Good !.

* 1832 – George Shiras Jr., U. S. Supreme Court justice ( d. 1924 )

* 1924 – George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States

* 1886 – George Mallory, English mountaineer ( d. 1924 )

* 1924 – George Mikan, American basketball player ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player ( b. 1924 )

* 1855 – George Charles Haité, English designer, painter, and illustrator ( d. 1924 )

* 1924 – George Leigh Mallory, English mountaineer ( b. 1886 )

* 1924 – In the second attempt to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew " Sandy " Irvine disappear, possibly having first made it to the top.

* 1924 – George Savitsky, American football player ( d. 2012 )

In 1924, along with George M. Bolling ( Ohio State University ) and Edgar Sturtevant ( Yale University ) he formed a committee to organize the creation of the Society, and drafted the call for the Society's foundation.

George White's Scandals ( 1922 ), Lady, Be Good ( 1924 ), and Rosalie ( 1928 ).

* 2004 – George Pake, American physicist ( b. 1924 )

( Note: Dixon rewrote The Traitor as The Black Hood ( 1924 ) and Steve Hoyle was renamed George Wilkes.

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* June 18 – George Mallory, English climber ( d. 1924 )

Whiteman was perhaps best known for having premiered George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in New York in 1924, and the orchestrator of that piece, Ferde Grofé, continued to be an important part of the band in 1928.