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: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 - 1929 - 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Births
- February 11 - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer
- Sidney F. Lamb, American linguist, father of stratificational grammar.
Deaths
- Karl Benz, German automotive pioneer
Events
- February 11 - Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
- February 11 - Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo" premieres in New York.
- October 24 - Black Thursday, beginning of the Great Depression.
- Change of US presidency from Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) to Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)