The following events occurred in August 1924:
Lenin's second mausoleum
King Amanullah of Afghanistan
Percival Lowell's 1909 sketches of the "canals" of Mars
Miriam Ferguson, first woman to be nominated by a major party for state governor
The following events occurred in January 1924:
January 21, 1924: Soviet Union founder and leader Vladimir Lenin dies of a stroke
January 25, 1924: The first Winter Olympics open at Chamonix
A 1924 Chrysler Six B-70
The hit record of 1924