* 1924 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator ( d. 2001 )

Local landmarks include the Port Sanilac lighthouse ( burning kerosene from its opening in 1886 until its electrification in 1924 ) and a twenty-room Victorian mansion ( now a museum ) built in 1872 by a horse-and-buggy doctor, Dr. Joseph Loop.

In 1924 the museum moved to space in the Imperial Institute in South Kensington, and finally in 1936 the museum acquired a permanent home which was previously the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Southwark.

In 1924 the museum moved to the Imperial Institute building ( demolished in the 1950s and 1960s to make way for Imperial College ) in South Kensington.

The Imperial Institute, South Kensington, where the museum was located from 1924 – 1936

Following the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1921, the Topkapı Palace was transformed by a government decree dated April 3, 1924 into a museum of the imperial era.

Harry Houdini toured the mansion in 1924, and the newspaper account of his visit, displayed in the rifle museum on the estate, called it the Mystery House.

The museum was established in 1903 by Isabella Stewart Gardner ( 1840 – 1924 ), an American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts.

When Isabella Stewart Gardner died in 1924, her will created an endowment of $ 1 million and outlined stipulations for the support of the museum, including the charge that her collection be permanently exhibited “ for the education and enjoyment of the public forever ” according to her aesthetic vision and intent.

* Isabella Stewart Gardner ( 1840 – 1924 ), art collector, museum founder

Hart's ranch home, “ La Loma de los Vientos ” in Newhall, California, built between 1924 and 1928 in the Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture | Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style, is currently a museum

In 1924, most of the site was converted to a museum.

In 1924 he was appointed second director at the museum.

The cathedral was closed in 1919 and turned into a museum in 1924.

Though it was used briefly during World War II, it formally ceased operating as a prison in 1924 ; with parts of the gaol being incorporated into the RMIT University, and the rest becoming a museum.

After the Bolsheviks had the monastery secularised and turned into museum ( 1924 ), a wooden shrine from 1485 and several traditional timber structures were put on exhibit on the grounds.

Pope remained interested in museum planning, publishing an article on " Museum Fatigue " in 1924 and writing and lecturing about a new museum plan for San Francisco.

Born at Veroli, Italy, from 1914 until 1924 the young Maiuri directed the Italian archaeological mission in Greece, with a focus on Rhodes and the construction of a new museum there.

Ashmole's collection was expanded to include a broad range of activities associated with the history of natural knowledge and in 1924 the gift of Lewis Evans ' collection allowed the museum further improvement, becoming the Museum of the History of Science and appointing Robert Gunther as its first curator.

This was in a great part due to the efforts of the local intellectuals grouped around the Regional Museum, and most notably of Nikolay Bekryashev, the museum director from 1924 to 1938.

Between 1924 and 1938 the museum director was Nikolay Bekryashev, an artist, who devoted his energy to extending the museum to the old buildings, mostly churches, of the town, which thus were saved from destruction.

First military right-wingers opposing Alessandri seized power in September 1924, and then reformers in favor of the ousted president took charge in January 1925.

The man behind the Frisbee's phenomenal success, however, was Edward " Steady Ed " Headrick ( Pasadena, Cal., June 28, 1924 — La Selva Beach, Cal., August 12, 2002 ), hired in 1964 as Wham-O's new general manager and vice president in charge of marketing.

* 1924 – S. R. Nathan, Singaporean politician, 6th president of Singapore

Historian Hazel Rowley writes that because the Harding administration and the Republicans were seen associated with prosperity, prominent Democrats were reticent of running for president in 1924.

* September 29 – Francisco Macías Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea ( executed ) ( b. 1924 )

The banker Charles L. Hutchinson served as its elected president until his death in 1924.

Patel was elected Ahmedabad's municipal president in 1922, 1924 and 1927 — during his terms, Ahmedabad was extended a major supply of electricity and the school system underwent major reforms.

His interest in sport then extended to the Olympic Games, and was twice president of the American Olympic Association, once for the 1912 Summer Olympics, and again for the 1924 games.

Current and former Tufts faculty include former American Psychological Association president Robert Sternberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Martin J. Sherwin, preeminent philosopher Daniel Dennett, Nobel Laureate Allan M. Cormack ( 1924 – 1998 ), regular featured columnist in Foreign Policy Magazine Daniel W. Drezner, radio host Lonnie Carton and author of No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive Lee Edelman.

A grave political crisis caused by the 1928 assassination of president-elect Álvaro Obregón led to the founding in 1929 of the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR ) by Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexico's president from 1924 to 1928.

* William Green-second president of the American Federation of Labor, serving from 1924 – 1952

The Elementary School was built to replace the aging Arnold School ( 1924 ) and Liberty School ( 1938 ); a time capsule was placed at the construction site by the 4th grade class president ( Class of 1988 ) on January 20, 1981, to be opened in 100 years.

At the 1924 Democratic National Convention, Smith unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president, advancing the cause of civil liberty by decrying lynching and racial violence.

* Grand Master of Education, Science, and Culture, Francisco Macías Nguema ( 1924 – 1979 ), the first president of Equatorial Guinea

During part of 1924 he became the president of the Sozialistische Mittelschüler Österreich, Social Democratic youth movement for high school students throughout Austria.

It was created and named in honour of Charles Brownlow, a former Geelong Football Club footballer ( 1880 – 1891 ) and club secretary ( 1885 – 1923 ), and VFL president ( 1918 – 19 ), who had died in January 1924 after an extended illness.

He served as president of the Physikalisch-Technischen Reichsanstalt from 1924 – 33 and an honorary professor of the University of Berlin in 1925.

Electrical Engineering, noted electrical engineer, who furthered the development of the incandescent lamp, 1924 Edison Medal, former president of the Edison Pioneers.

In 1924, Albizu Campos joined the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and was elected vice president.

* Robert L. Taylor ( born 1924 ), founder and president of the Antique Airplane Association Inc.

The first president was Marion Coats from 1924 to 1929.

Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ), and served as that organization's president from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 until his death in 1924.

From 1921 to 1924, he served as president of St. Joseph's.

Roberto Eduardo Viola Redondo ( October 13, 1924 – September 30, 1994 ) was an Argentine military officer who briefly served as president of Argentina from March 29 to December 11, 1981 during a period of military rule.