1924

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Years: 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 - 1924 - 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

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Births

• February 11 - [Mary Tregear]?, Oriental art historian.
• November 20 - Benoit Mandelbrot, mathematician.

Deaths

• January 21 - Vladimir Lenin, first leader of the USSR

Events

• Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn]?
• Chemistry - not awarded
• Medicine - [Willem Einthoven]?
• Literature - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
• Peace - Not awarded.