MEMORIES

New York City the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held on November 27th 1924

The first regular airmail services start in the USA Two U.S.

Army planes complete the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.

Ellis Island closes as an immigration entry point to the US

Hoof and Mouth epidemic in California

J. Edgar Hoover is appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), later changed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) .

25 people die in Los Angeles from Pneumonic plague

Pharaoh Tutankhamen of Egypt sarcophagus found

The Indian Citizenship Act passed on June 2nd which confers citizenship on all Native Americans born within the United States

The First ever Winter Olympic games are held in Chamonix, France

Northern Ireland Civil Rights demonstrators gunned down by British Army Paratroopers

Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins his bid for leadership.

The Summer Olympics are held in Paris, France Johnny Weissmuller wins three gold medals at the Paris Summer Olympics

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