Dawes Plan
The Dawes Committee proposes a reparations plan to stabilize German payments after World War I.
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1924 in United States of America
Explore 37 historical events and records for United States of America in 1924.
Historical records for United States of America in 1924
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April
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan provides for annual German reparations; Dawes later shares the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.
Economy of Germany
Submits the committee report on German reparations and financial stabilization.
Foreign Loans
The Dawes Plan supports foreign lending to stabilize the German economy.
Reichsbank Reform
The Dawes Plan recommends changes to stabilize German finance and support reparations.
Reparations Schedule
The Dawes Plan reduces annual German payments at first and lets them rise over time.
May
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act establishes national-origin quotas that restrict labour migration.
June
Revenue Act
The Revenue Act reduces top income-tax rates while retaining a progressive structure.
Birth of Charles Kingsley
Birth of Charles Kingsley
Republican Convention
Nominated as Calvin Coolidge's Republican running mate.
American Academy Foreign Honorary Membership
Accepts election as a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Birth of Sydney Lumet
Birth of Sydney Lumet
October
Birth of Jimmy Carter
Birth of Jimmy Carter, Plains, Georgia
November
Election
Elected Vice President on the Republican ticket with Calvin Coolidge.
December
Birth of Frank Fiorini
Frank Angelo Fiorini, later known as Frank Sturgis, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 9, 1924.
Other events (month unknown)
Agent General
Appointed Agent General for reparations during inauguration of the Dawes plan
Allied Reparations Committee
The expert committee investigates how to collect German reparations debt after World War I.
Andromeda Beyond the Milky Way
Using Cepheid variables in Andromeda, Hubble derives a distance large enough to establish that Andromeda is an independent galaxy outside the Milky Way, helping settle the island-universe debate.
Begins Studies at Marburg
Arendt began studying philosophy at the University of Marburg.
Bose Paper Translation
Translates Satyendra Nath Bose's paper on Planck's law into German and arranges its publication.
Bose-Einstein Condensation Prediction
Predicts that ideal bosonic particles can accumulate in the lowest quantum state at low temperature.
Bose-Einstein Statistics
Extends Bose's statistical method from photons to particles of an ideal gas.
Cepheid Variables Confirmed in Andromeda
Identifies multiple Cepheid variables in M31 and uses their periods to demonstrate that Andromeda is far outside the Milky Way.
Dawes Committee
Dawes works with American and European experts on a plan for German reparations.
Dawes Plan
The Dawes committee, Maurice Houtart & Emile Francqui (Belgium), Jean Parmentier & Edgard Allix (France), Josiah Stamp & Robert Kindersley (UK), Alberto Pirelli & Frederico Flora (Italy), Owen Young & Charles Dawes (USA)
Desire Under the Elms Premiere
Eugene ONeill's Desire Under the Elms premiered in New York, placing family possession and forbidden desire in a New England farmhouse.
Education
Graduates from Harvard University
Education
Graduates from the Command and General Staff School
Einstein Tower Inauguration
The Einstein Tower begins operation as a solar observatory designed to test relativistic effects.
Election
Wins the Presidential election
FBI
Appointed Director of the FBI
Holland Tunnel
Completes the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River
President of USA
Appointed President of the USA, 30th President, 2nd term
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin composes Rhapsody in Blue, symphonic jazz composition
The Study of Human Society
Publication of "The Study of Human Society"
What Price Glory?
Publication of "What Price Glory?", portrays an American soldier during Word War I
What Price Glory?", portrays an American soldier during Word War I
Publication of "What Price Glory?", portrays an American soldier during Word War I
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