Video: '37 Edgar Hoover' (May 10, 1924 at 26:40)
(Saturday, May 10, 1924) — U.S. Attorney General Harlan Stone appointed J. Edgar Hoover today was named the 6th Director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI).
Video: 'Abrahams and Liddell'
(Sunday, May 4, 1924) — The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, opened today in Paris, France, with 3,089 athletes participating. Competition would continue through July 27, 1924 (click here for a 16 video playlist).
Video: 'Buster Keaton - Sherlock Jr. 1924 Cult Classic , Full Movie'
(Tuesday, March 18, 1924) — Sherlock, Jr., a silent comedy film about a movie projectionist who dreams himself into a mystery movie, was released today in the U.S.
Directed by Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle (uncredited), the film starred Keaton.
(Tuesday, April 1, 1924) — Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison today for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. Hitler was released in Dec. 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, Mein Kampf.
Video: 'Thief of Bagdad (1924) - Film complet'
(Tuesday, March 18, 1924) — The Thief of Bagdad, a swashbuckler film about a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Bagdad, premiered today in New York City.
Directed by Raoul Walsh, the film starred Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston and Anna May Wong.
Video: 'Rhapsody in Blue - Original 1924 Recording'
(Tuesday, February 12, 1924) — George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue premiered this afternoon at a concert held by Paul Whiteman and his band Palais Royal Orchestra, entitled An Experiment in Modern Music, which took place in Aeolian Hall in New York City.
(Friday, February 8, 1924, 9:40 a.m. local time) — The first execution by gas in the United States took place today at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City as Gee Jon, a convicted of murder, was put to death.
Video: 'Woodrow Wilson's funeral'
(Wednesday, February 6, 1924) — Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), was laid to rest today in the quiet peace of subterranean vaults in the National Cathedral. Wilson, 67, died Feb. 3, 1924, as a result of a stroke and other heart-related problems (click here to watch more video of today’s funeral).
Video: 'Woodrow Wilson's 1923 Armistice Day Radio Address'
(Saturday, November 10, 1923, 8:38 p.m. ET) — On the eve of Armistice Day marking the fifth anniversary of the end of World War I, former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson declared tonight in a radio address from his Washington home that the attitude of this country since the World War had been “deeply ignoble,” “cowardly and dishonorable.”
Image: '1923 World Series game at the Polo Grounds'
(Monday, October 15, 1923) — The New York Yankees won the 1923 World Series today, beating the New York Giants 3-1 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in upper Manhattan, New York, in the sixth and deciding game. It was the first of 27 World Series victories for the Yankees (1923-2009).
