100 Years Ago Today

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30th June 1924

The U.S. President’s 16 year old son Calvin Coolidge Jr. plays tennis at the White House without socks. During the match he develops a toe blister that would result in fatal blood poisoning just a week later.
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Ship Losses:

Saguenay (United Kingdom) The passenger ship ran aground in the Saguenay River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.

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1st July 1924

American swimmers, Gertrude Ederle and John Weismuller pose for a photo about the ship bound for the 1924 Olympic Games.
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The first full time daily Transcontinental Air Mail service involving both day and night flying across America began.
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Ship Losses:

Erik B (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground at Norrskär [sv], Finland. She was refloated on 5 July.

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2nd July 1924

Ship Losses:

Kifune Maru No.3 (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Sendai.

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3rd July 1924

Bootleggers Head for Jail in New York.
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Ship Losses:

Sankaty (United States) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts.

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4th July 1924

"The Fourth of July demonstration of the Klan at Long Branch, New Jersey, where they have just acquired new headquarters. Photo shows one of the Klan floats that passed down Broadway, Long Branch, this afternoon. It depicted the ideals of the Klan."
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5th July 1924

Babe Ruth falls unconscious after running into a wall during a game.
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The VIII Summer Olympic Games are officially opened in Paris. The competitions last until July 27th. Some Olympic tournaments had already been held long before the opening ceremony. Germany is excluded from the Olympic Games, as in 1920.
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Ship Losses:

Three Rivers (United States) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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6th July 1924

Ship Losses:

D S S Co. No. 6 (United States) Deemed unfit for further use, the 17-gross register ton scow was hauled onto the beach at Port Althorp (58°11′30″N 136°23′00″W) on the north coast of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, where she was wrecked.

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7th July 1924

Paris: The Prince of Wales unveils a memorial to British war dead in Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Ship Losses:

Pampa (Denmark) The schooner came ashore at Dunnet Head, Caithness, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All four crew survived.

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8th July 1924

Ship Losses:

Admiral Cochrane (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 25 July.

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9th July 1924

Little-known former congressman John W. Davis of West Virginia becomes the surprise winner at the Democratic National Convention, securing the presidential nomination on the 103rd ballot.
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Ship Losses:

Sunheath (United Kingdom) The cargo ship arrived at Karachi, India with defective boilers. Attempts to tow her into port were unsuccessful and she dragged ger anchors and came ashore. She was refloated on 6 December.

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10th July 1924

Ship Losses:

Iwami (Imperial Japanese Navy) Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Borodino-class battleship sank west of Jōgashima near the mouth of Tokyo Bay after being used as a target for Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft from 5 to 8 July.
Lismore (United Kingdom) The coaster capsized in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Newtown Head, County Waterford, Ireland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.
Ofanto (Italy) The coaster was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily (36°21′N 13°45′E). Her crew were rescued by Andes Maru ( Japan).
Niitaka Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Chennampo and was a total loss.

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11th July 1924

Ship Losses:

Martha Woermann (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground in the Forcados River, Nigeria. She was abandoned by her crew on 15 July, but was later reboarded. Martha Woermann was finally abandoned on 23 July, and was declared a total loss on 28 July.
Matsuyama Maru (Japan) The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea west of the Gotō Islands with the loss of all but one of her crew.

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12th July 1924

Goldie Dunn and Louise Hiatt, members of the National Council for the Prevention of War, hold up posters promoting international cooperation and criticizing isolationism.
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Ship Losses:

Olaf (United States) The 21-gross register ton salmon-fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of the mouth of the Kenai River at approximately 60°37′N 151°23′W. Her crew of three survived.

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13th July 1924

The Rex Ingram-directed film "The Arab" opened at the Capitol Theatre in New York City.
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Ship Losses:

Estrella (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 19 July.

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14th July 1924

A monument to African soldiers is unveiled in Reims, France. (It was later removed and destroyed under Nazi occupation in 1940.)
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Bastille Day celebrations, Faubourg St Denis (corner of rue St Denis and boulevard St Denis, Paris).
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15th July 1924

British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and French Prime Minister Édouard Herriot meeting in London.
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Ship Losses:

Unten Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground on Quelpart, Korea. She was refloated in early August, arriving at Shimonoseki under tow on 5 August for repairs.

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16th July 1924

Due to an amnesty, Eamon de Valera, leader of the republican Sinn Féin movement in the Irish Free State, is released from prison after one year.

The month-long reparations conference begins in London to discuss the Dawes Plan and its implementation.
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Ship Losses:

Veerhaven (Netherlands) The cargo ship ran aground at Goredetsky, Kola Peninsula, Soviet Union. She was abandoned the next day, with her crew setting up camp in tents. She was refloated on 21 August.

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17th July 1924

USS Barracuda (SS-163), first of the V boats, launched.
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18th July 1924

U.S. Vice Consul to Iran Robert Imbrie is beaten to death by an angry mob in Tehran after photographing a sacred watering place where a miracle was said to have taken place.
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Ship Losses:

Olive (United States) During a gale, the 59-ton motor schooner was stranded in the northeast corner of Portage Bay (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived. She was later salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.

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19th July 1924

Paavo Nurmi meets Douglas Fairbanks At The Paris Olympic Games.
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100 years ago, 400 People of the Toba and Mocoví ethnicities were massacred by the Argentine police and ranchers in what would come to be known as the Napalpí Massacre.
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Ship Losses:

Prilip (United States) After striking a rock in Eshomy Bay (60°28′30″N 147°58′30″W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska, the 33-gross register ton, 52.6-foot (16.0 m) motor vessel was beached for repairs, but a fire broke out which destroyed her on the beach before repairs could begin. Her crew of five survived.

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20th July 1924

Johnny Weismuller and Duke Kahanamoku shaking hands.
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21st July 1924

Ship Losses:

Friesland (Netherlands) The cargo ship capsized at Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

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22nd July 1924

"This photo shows the radio station at the Colombes Stadium, by means of which spectators were able to follow the progress of the marathon race."
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Ship Losses:

HMAS Brisbane (Royal Australian Navy) The Town-class cruiser ran aground off Port Moresby, New Guinea. She was refloated later that day.

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23rd July 1924

President Calvin Coolidge at the House of Representatives gymnasium.
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Ship Losses:

Freeland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck rocks in Ramsey Sound. She was beached at Goodwick Sands, Pembrokeshire.

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24th July 1924

"New York: Young members of the communist "Young Pioneers of America" as they appeared on the S.S. Mauretania when they sailed for Russia today. They will attend the conference of the central organization in Moscow, Russia."
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Ship Losses:

Cananova (United States) The cargo ship sank at New York.
Climax (United States) The tow steamer capsized in the Mississippi River above New Orleans. Five crewmen killed, 6 rescued.

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25th July 1924

Ship Losses:

Hizen (Imperial Japanese Navy) Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned battleship was sunk as a gunnery target in the Bungo Channel.

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26th July 1924

Naval review at Spithead: The submarine M3.
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Ship Losses:

Libourne (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Whitehead, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was declared a total loss in early August.

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27th July 1924

The closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics are conducted at Colombes Stadium in Paris. The United States led the final medal count with 45 gold medals.
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Ship Losses:

Dairen Maru (Japan) The cargo ship collided with Shinpo Maru ( Japan) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Cape Nishinotoro, Karafuto and sank with heavy loss of life.

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28th July 1924

Ship Losses:

Bergensfjord (Norway) The passenger ship suffered an explosion in her engine room and caught fire off Bergen, Norway. She was beached.

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31st July 1924

Ship Losses:

D S S Co. No. 6 (United States) Deemed unfit for further use, the 17-gross register ton scow was hauled onto the beach at Port Althorp (58°11′30″N 136°23′00″W) on the north coast of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, where she was wrecked.

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1st August 1924

A larger, more elaborate housing for Lenin's Mausoleum, built from wood, is opened to the public in Moscow. Previously, a temporary structure has housed Lenin's body.
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Edward, Prince of Wales (centre) with founder of the boy scouts Robert Baden-Powell (left) inspecting a troop of scouts at the Boy Scouts Jamboree at Wembley.
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Ship Losses:

Koun Maru No.1 (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Yetorofu.

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2nd August 1924

James Baldwin, American writer and civil rights activist, is born in Harlem, New York.
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3rd August 1924

Berlin Jews hold a separate service for Jewish soldiers, as a Jewish preacher was forbidden from delivering a prayer in the Reichstag ceremony.
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On the tenth anniversary of its declaration of war against France, Germany observed its first memorial day. Communists disrupted the moment of silence, leading to confrontations with police.
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Ship Losses:

Linkmoor (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated but later beached at Tadoussac. She was refloated on 4 August.

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4th August 1924

Ship Losses:

Lithgow (United States) While under tow by the vessel Meteor ( United States) from St. Michael to Bethel, Territory of Alaska, with two crewmen aboard, the 370-ton river barge flooded in the Bering Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) off the mouth of the Yukon River. Her house was washed overboard and her hull became submerged, but Meteor rescued her crew and towed her submerged lower hull to St. Michael for salvage.

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5th August 1924

The German delegation, including Chancellor Wilhelm Marx and Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, join the London reparations conference.
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Ship Losses:

Everest (Spain) The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea and was beached at Mazagan, French Morocco.

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6th August 1924

Con artist Charles Ponzi (known for his “Ponzi Scheme”) is released from prison in Massachusetts.
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Dinner for victorious American Olympic athletes.
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Ship Losses:

Herbert (United States) Lying at anchor in fog with a cargo of sand on board, the 128-foot (39 m), 349-gross register ton lighter sank without loss of life in 100 feet (30 m) of water 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Nahant, Massachusetts, at 42°25′05″N 070°51′25″W after the steamer City of Gloucester (flag unknown) accidentally rammed her.

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7th August 1924

"Ponzi Leaves Jail, But Freedom Is Brief— 'Get Rich Quick' Swindler Goes at Once to Office of District Attorney".
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Ship Losses:

Newhaven (France) The passenger ferry ran aground at Berneval-le-Grand, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her 125 passengers were able to walk ashore at low tide. She was refloated on 14 August.

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8th August 1924

Ship Losses:

River Ely (United Kingdom) The collier grounded on Mousehole Island, Cornwall. She was later towed to Penzance.

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9th August 1924

The women's division in the cortege passing through Pleasantville, N.J., to the cemetery where Adelbert Andridge, Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan for Atlantic and Cape May Counties, New Jersey, was buried with full Klan ceremony.
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Ship Losses:

Newglyn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at the Whiteford Point Lighthouse, Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was declared a total loss on 14 August.

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10th August 1924

To commemorate the adoption of the Weimar Constitution in 1919, celebrations are held in all major cities of the German Reich. The Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, founded on February 22, makes its first public appearance at the constitutional celebrations.
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Ship Losses:

Arctic (United States) The 669-gross register ton motor vessel was crushed by ice in the Chukchi Sea off the Territory of Alaska 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) south of Point Barrow and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southwest of Cape Smyth (71°17′35″N 156°47′20″W).
Urumea (Spain) The cargo ship collided with Tisnaren ( Sweden) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Roca, Portugal. She was taken in tow by Endymion ( United Kingdom) but the tow had to be cast off, and Urumea later sank.

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11th August 1924

"Austrian Police Reveal Red Plot to Stir Balkans".
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Ship Losses:

Arlington Court (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 22 August.

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12th August 1924

Former boxing champion “Kid” McCoy shoots his lover in the head after she tells him what her friends think of him. The following day he went looking for her estranged husband, taking 11 hostages before police apprehend him.
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13th August 1924

"Today inventors tested out an airplane communications system that as it circled over Central Park successfully broadcasted to the radio relay station below, New York."
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Ship Losses:

Orowaiti (United States) The tanker ran aground at Point Buchon, California. She was abandoned as a total loss on 5 September.

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14th August 1924

Paris: Astronomers claim that clouds around Mars prove it has "an atmosphere, probably of the same kind as the earth."
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Ship Losses:

Branstone (United Kingdom) The coaster collided with Merkara ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank. Her crew were rescued by Merkara.

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15th August 1924

Standing portrait of the four Marx brothers doing a comedy routine for their performance in I'll Say She Is at the Casino Theatre.
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Ship Losses:

Kumiai Maru No.1 (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground in the Hai River 60 nautical miles (110 km) upstream of the Taku Forts, Tianjin, China. She was refloated on 23 August.

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16th August 1924

The body of Italian opposition leader Giacomo Matteotti is found in a shallow ditch near Rome. Three members of the Fascist Party would be convicted of the murder, but released 11 months later.
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Ship Losses:

Elsdon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden, Öresund. She was refloated on 20 August.

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17th August 1924

"Europe Signs Dawes Pact. Germans and Allies Agree to "Real Peace". French Quit Ruhr Aug. 15, 1925."
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Ship Losses:

Margarita (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Guadalquivir at Seville, Spain. She was refloated on 28 August.

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18th August 1924

"French Quit German Towns. World Trade Revival Seen In Peace Pact. Faith Will Be Kept, Europe Thinks." The occupied German towns of Offenburg and Appenweier are evacuated by French troops as a gesture of good faith on France's part to enact the London pact.
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Ship Losses:

Maindy Keep (United Kingdom) The coaster foundered in the Bay of Biscay 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°55′N 4°55′W). All sixteen crew were rescued by Olivia ( United Kingdom).

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19th August 1924

The first aerial golfer, the first man to actually drive a golf ball from the top of a plane's wing, is shown here. It is Al Wilson, the daredevil stunt flier whose stunts with a golf ball no one has yet tried to emulate.
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Ship Losses:

Mjolner (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea near the Plevna Lightship ( Sweden). She was refloated on 22 August.

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20 August 1924

Two construction workers tighten a rivet during construction of the Holland Tunnel. The tunnel links Lower Manhattan in New York City and Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Ship Losses:

Point Hope (United Kingdom) The tug ran aground and sank at Broughton Island, Northwest Territory, Canada and sank.

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21st August 1924

Ship Losses:

Mairo (Peru) The barque came ashore on Lobos Island, Canary Islands, Spain and was abandoned as a total loss.

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22nd August 1924

Clarence Darrow begins his closing arguments in the Leopold and Loeb case, making a case against the death penalty.
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Ship Losses:

Arctic (United States) The auxiliary schooner was crushed in ice 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Cape Smyth, Balleny Islands, Antarctica. Her crew survived.

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23rd August 1924

Democratic Presidential Candidate John W. Davis denounces the Ku Klux Klan in a speech in Sea Girt, NJ
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Ship Losses:

Wooston (United Kingdom) The coaster sprang a leak and foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east of Sanda Island, Argyllshire.

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24th August 1924

Ship Losses:

Beaufort (United Kingdom) The dredger sprang a leak and sank at Aberdeen.

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25th August 1924

The Cunard liner "Mauretania" arrives in Cherbourg at 5.42 p.m., breaking three time records for the New York-Cherbourg run. 3,098 miles in 5 days, 1 hour, 49 minutes, at an average speed of 26.65 knots an hour.
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Filipino revolutionary and General in the war against Spain, Mariano Álvarez, died today at the age of 106. John Owen, American sprinter who held the world record for the 100-yard dash (9.8 seconds) in 1890, was also killed in a horseback riding accident today.
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26th August 1924

"Eliminating The Klan From National Politics" (Chicago Tribune cartoon).
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"Marx Will O.K. Dawes Plan; May Force Elections". German Chancellor Wilhelm Marx tells the Reichstag that he will ratify the London agreement whether the Reichstag approves it or not, even if it causes a dissolution of parliament and leads to new elections.
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Ship Losses:

Helen E. Murley (United States) Hurricane No. 3: The fishing schooner sank in the hurricane, had been anchored off the Nantucket Lightship the night before. Lost with all six crew.
Rosalie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship stuck a submerged wreck in the Bristol Channel and was beached at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.
Samuel W. Hathaway (United States) Hurricane No. 3: The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) northeast by east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Six of her nine crew were rescued by Southern Cross ( United Kingdom).
Wanderer (United States) Hurricane No. 3: The 116-foot (35 m), 303-gross register ton whaling bark dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked without loss of life on rocks just off the west shore of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. Her wreck settled in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at (41°25′18″N 070°56′36″W).

[Jimbuna]

27th August 1924

Built for the U.S. Navy, paid for by the German government and constructed by the Zeppelin Company as part of World War I reparations, the dirigible USS "Los Angeles" makes its first flight.
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Ship Losses:

Espoir (France) The cargo ship was in collision with Miisaki Milli ( Turkey) at Istanbul, Turkey and sank. Miisaki Milli was beached.

[Jimbuna]

28th August 1924

John Ellis, England’s most famous hangman, is so weighed down by guilt that he attempts suicide.
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The August Uprising, an attempt by Georgian independence activists to overthrow the Soviet Communist government of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, began a day earlier than planned when activists in the mining town of Chiatura rose up against the local Communists.
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Ship Losses:

Augusta (United States) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 2 September.
Axholm (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Walter Watts ( United Kingdom) at Warri, Nigeria and sank with some loss of life.

[Jimbuna]

29th August 1924

Germany's Reichstag passes the Dawes Plan, which sought to solve the WWI reparations problem.
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Ship Losses:

Earl of Zetland (United Kingdom) The passenger ship ran aground at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Her passengers were taken off by the fishing vessel Mizpah ( United Kingdom). She was refloated on 3 September.

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30th August 1924

The Dawes Plan is formally put into effect with a signing in London by diplomatic representatives of Germany and the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal and Yugoslavia.
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Six people were killed in clashes with the Ku Klux Klan in Herrin, Illinois.
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The German Reichsbank begins operating independently of the German government by issuing a new mark (the Reichsmark) after hyperinflation completely devaluates the old mark.
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31st August 1924

Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, Macedonian freedom fighter, and teacher, was assassinated at 43 years old.
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Ship Losses:

Bardic (United Kingdom) The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on The Stags, off Lizard Point, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off, but her officers later reboarded the ship. On 8 September, they were taken off by a lifeboat. Bardic was refloated on 29 September. She was towed to Falmouth, Cornwall and was beached.

[Jimbuna]

1st September 1924

"F W Von Meinster with the first Maybach Car in America. It boasts the most powerful engine ever installed in an automobile, the same type as used in the German dirigible ZR-3."
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Ship Losses:

Hongisto (Finland) The cargo ship came ashore at Lavernock Point, Glamorgan and was wrecked.
Maryse (Belgium) The schooner struck a submerged wreck 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Guernsey, Channel Islands and sank.

[Jimbuna]

2nd September 1924

"Bomb in Lenin's Tomb; Guard Finds It in Time— Cheka Forces Many 'Confessions.'".
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Ship Losses:

Aki (Imperial Japanese Navy) Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Satsuma-class battleship was sunk as a gunnery target by the battleship Hyūga and battlecruiser Kongō (both Imperial Japanese Navy) in Tokyo Bay.

[Jimbuna]

3rd September 1924

"Left-Capt. Harold Bigelow, commanding militia on riot duty at Herrin Ill., and a state trooper on guard at the inquest held in Herrin, Sept. 3rd, for the killing of six during the recent battle between the warring K. K. K-and anti-Klan forces."
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4th September 1924

Ramsay MacDonald is the first British Foreign Secretary and only Prime Minister to attend a session of the League of Nations at Geneva; he proposes the Geneva Protocol for the pacific settlement of international disputes.
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Ship Losses:

CPPC #1 (United States) While under tow with a 10-ton cargo of salt, barrels, and equipment, the 22-ton scow was lost when her towline parted off a location identified as "Gord Point" or "Point Gord" – probably a reference to Gore Point (59°12′00″N 150°57′30″W) – on the coast of Afognak Island in the Territory of Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago and she blew out to sea.

[Jimbuna]

5th September 1924

[September 5th, 1924] French troops in Dortmund, Ruhr, Germany (colour photo).
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Ship Losses:

Ray (United States) The 142-gross register ton scow was wrecked on Marmot Island in the Kodiak Archipelago.
Raymonde (France) The schooner broke free from her moorings at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and came ashore at Fortune, Newfoundland where she was wrecked.

[Jimbuna]

6th September 1924

21-year-old John Dillinger begins a 'career in crime' with a failed robbery in Mooresville, Indiana. He would spend 9 years in prison for this attempt.
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Ship Losses:

Ettrick (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the River Avon at Bristol. She was refloated on 25 October.

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7th September 1924

Daniel Inouye, future WWII hero and US Senator, is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Ship Losses:

Kalix (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground between Redcar and Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom She was refloated but was leaking and was beached in the River Tees at Middlesbrough.

[Jimbuna]

8th September 1924

The round-the-world flyers landed at Mitchel Field on Long Island, New York. The Prince of Wales was among the crowd that greeted them.
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Ship Losses:

Satsuma (Imperial Japanese Navy) Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Satsuma-class battleship was sunk as a gunnery target by the battleships Nagato and Mutsu (both Imperial Japanese Navy) off the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula near the mouth of Tokyo Bay.

[Jimbuna]

9th September 1924

The Hanapepe Massacre occurs in Kauai, Hawaii, when an dispute amongst Filipino strike organizers in Hanapēpē, Kaua'i resulted in a violent exchange between local police officers and Filipinos.
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Ship Losses:

Lettie (United States) Due to a navigational error, the 33-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) northeast of the mouth of Wainwright Inlet, Territory of Alaska, and about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off shore. Her crew of three survived.

[Jimbuna]

10th September 1924

Leopold and Loeb are found guilty of the murder of Robert Franks in Chicago, IL. They are sentenced to life + 99 years in prison, instead of the death penalty.
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11th September 1924

A Connecticut policeman tells local farmers to shoot tourists from New York City who come to trample on and steal their crops.
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Ship Losses:

Dunrobin (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Tunas de Zaza, Cuba. She was refloated on 14 September.

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12th September 1924

Today is the 1st annual National Defense Day Test in the US. Millions tune in to the radio broadcast and this event is also observed with parades and other quasi-military events across the country.
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Gen. Lejeune & Gen. Dion Williams at Sharpsburg, Md, with Civil War veterans for "Defense Day".
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Marines at Sharpsburg, Md., for "Defense Day".
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Ship Losses:

P. J. Ralph (United States) The cargo ship was driven ashore on Manitou Island, Michigan and was wrecked.

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13th September 1924

General of the Armies John J. Pershing, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army since 1921, retired from the United States Army upon reaching the age of 64. Pershing was succeeded as Army Chief of Staff by Major General John L. Hines.
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Ship Losses:

Verita (Italy) The cargo ship ran aground at El Ejido, Andalusia, Spain and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

14th September 1924

Ship Losses:

Wren (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

15th September 1924

German Astronomer Friedrich Simon Archenhold said that he saw what he believed to be inhabitants of Mars attempting to contact Earth.
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The Saks Fifth Avenue luxury department store opens today by Horace Saks and Bernard Gimbel at the newly completed Saks building at 611 Fifth Avenue.
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Ship Losses:

Mesna (Norway) The cargo ship came ashore at Nukuʻalofa, Tonga and was a total loss. Her crew survived.

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16th September 1924

Actress Lauren Bacall is born Betty Joan Perske in The Bronx.
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Ship Losses:

Mary Weems (United States) The cargo ship sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania whilst under repair.
Moyallon (United Kingdom) The coaster foundered in the Bristol Channel off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. All ten crew were rescued by Hampshire Coast ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

17th September 1924

The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
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Ship Losses:

Asian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck the Stag Rocks, off Galley Head, County Cork, Ireland and sank.
Isonzo (Italy) The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Port Arthur Canal, Texas, United States.

[Jimbuna]

3rd October 1924

Waiting for tickets for 1924 World Series.
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Ship Losses:

Else (United States) The four-masted schooner came ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Pensacola, Florida. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 13 October.

[Jimbuna]

4th October 1924

Winston Churchill is shown addressing a meeting in the Town Hall, Waltham Abbey.
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A new police study reveals that 16 out of every 100 Washington, D.C. residents get arrested every year.
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Ship Losses:

Douglas H. Thomas (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sank at Ingonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

[Jimbuna]

5th October 1924

Food scientist William Boyce Thompson predicts that in or around 2024, food will become so scarce as to bring most American families near to starvation.
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In Dayton, Ohio, 93-year-old Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker goes on an airplane flight with US Army Lieutenant Oakley Kelly in an open-cockpit biplane.
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Ship Losses:

Yachiyo Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Niigata. She was refloated on 28 October.

[Jimbuna]

6th October 1924

The Waldo Sanitarium opens in Seattle's Maple Leaf Neighborhood.
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Ship Losses:

Rosefield (Danzig) The cargo ship ran aground at the Bjuröklubb Lighthouse, Västerbotten, Sweden. She was refloated on 26 October.

[Jimbuna]

7th October 1924

The British Labour Party rules out affiliation with the Communist Party. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald reacts, "Communism is nothing practical. It is a product of czarism and war betrayal, and as such we will have nothing to do with it."
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Paris, France has a solution for pedestrian deaths in traffic, which is a sort of cow catcher that when it hits pedestrians, safely seats them in a basket rather than bouncing them off the bumper. Tests were proven successful.
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Ship Losses:

Toyokawa Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Sakhalien.

[Jimbuna]

8th October 1924

Florida executes a prisoner in the electric chair for the first time. That said prisoner is Frank Johnson, who is guilty for murdering a railroad engineer in Jacksonville.
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Ship Losses:

Rhin (France) The passenger ship came ashore at Point Conbre and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

9th October 1924

Ship Losses:

Dolly Madison (United States) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a tug.

[Jimbuna]

10th October 1924

The U.S. Navy's Shenandoah airship completed a historic transcontinental journey, touching down in San Diego three days after departing from New Jersey, despite navigating treacherous conditions over the Rocky Mountains that threatened to disrupt its route.
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Ship Losses:

Matador (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.
Waki Maru (Japan) The cargo ship sank off Shiriya.

[Jimbuna]

11th October 1924

Imprisonment in Landsberg Fortress: From left, Adolf Hitler, Emil Maurice, Hermann Kriebel, Rudolf Hess and Friedrich Weber.
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Ship Losses:

Fanny Maria (United Kingdom) The Thames barge was in collision with Western Coast ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, London.
H. L. Montague (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Herring Neck, Newfoundland and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

12th October 1924

German Zeppelin ZR-3 left Friedrichshafen, Germany for her long flight across the Atlantic, making 55 miles an hour toward the Azores after crossing France and the tip of Spain.
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Ship Losses:

Cora (United States) The 13-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire at Point Ward Cannery in Southeast Alaska when her gasoline engine backfired. She burned to the waterline before the fire was extinguished. Her crew of three survived. The motor vessel Monoghan ( United States) later towed her wreck to a lagoon at Anan Creek (56.179561°N 131.885156°W) and beached it there.

[Catfish]

^ This was Zeppelin LZ 126 built in Friedrichshafen for the USA as a reparation for WW1, called "ZR-3" (Zeppelin Reparation) USS Los Angeles, and it was quite successful.
https://www-spiegel-de.translate.goog/geschichte/deutscher-zeppelin-erst-lz-126-dann-zr-3-a-947791.html?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

[Jimbuna]

Cheers Kai :up:

[Jimbuna]

13th October 1924

In Hollywood, a gas main explosion tears apart the dressing room of film star Kate Lester, killing her.
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Ship Losses:

Flackwell U(nited Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the Manora Breakwater Lighthouse, near Karachi, India. She was refloated on 22 October.

[Jimbuna]

14th October 1924

Edward, Prince of Wales and chewing gum heir William Wrigley Jr. meet at the Wrigley Building in Chicago to discuss business and bond as personal friends.
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Ship Losses:

Ciudad de Cadiz (Spain) The cargo ship was wrecked at Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea.

[Jimbuna]

15th October 1924

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge declares the Statue of Liberty as a national monument.
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The ZR-3 arrives in Lakehurst, New Jersey after 5000+ miles of non-stop flight in 81 hours, circles NYC 5 times, and sets a new record for a non-stop transatlantic flight.
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The Prince of Wales arrived in Toronto from Detroit and participated in a fox hunt.
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[Jimbuna]

16th October 1924

"This bootlegger is dumping his load of "hooch" over the side of his little launch as the Federal boat nears in the pursuit."
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Ship Losses:

Benten Maru (Japan) The cargo ship came ashore on the east coast of Sakhalin. She was refloated on 1 November.

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17th October 1924

The USS Shenandoah labours through the wind to reach Oregon this evening and is traveling at 25 miles an hour.
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Ship Losses:

Caprera (Italy) The tanker caught fire at Tripoli, Libya and was a total loss.

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18th October 1924

Amateur ham radio operators in New Zealand and the UK made the first "round-the-world" wireless communication between two continents, transmitting over 19,000 km (12,000 mi) on the 80-meter band.
https://i.postimg.cc/ydDJX8Nv/incrediblyfunnymemesthatyoucanusetoinsultpeople11-1413548571.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Bellhill (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a submerged object and was holed. She was beached at Gedser, Denmark.
Orion (Sweden) The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew survived.

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19th October 1924

Over 1,000 Ku Klux Klansmen gathered in Worcester, MA, but locals protested, attacking them with stones and beating them, scattering the group.
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Ship Losses:

James Timpson (United States) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico (approximately 16°N 86°W).

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20th October 1924

Chicago's education chief says being married before 16 doesn't excuse skipping school. Husbands must now ensure child wives attend classes.
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The first traffic light in Berlin was installed in Potsdam Square.
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Ship Losses:

Triton (Denmark) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°19′N 7°29′W). Her crew were rescued by Rhexenor ( United Kingdom).

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21st October 1924

The Pepsi-Cola company declares bankruptcy due to an inability to keep up with rising sugar prices.
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22nd October 1924

After the end of the Ruhr occupation by French and Belgian troops, the last French soldiers leave Dortmund.
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Ship Losses:

Clansman (United Kingdom) The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk. All nine crew were rescued by the Cromer Lifeboat.

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23rd October 1924

British inventor and Great War hero William Howard Livens announces that he has created an apparatus that will aid families in washing dishes. He calls it a “dishwasher.” It includes a front door for loading (like an oven), a wire rack to hold dishes, and a rotating sprayer.
https://i.postimg.cc/7LtRwHVj/october-23rd-1924-british-inventor-and-great-war-hero-v0-nojd899w6jwd1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Port Nicholson (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck rocks at Isleta Point, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and was beached off the Port of Las Palmas. She was refloated on 6 November.

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24th October 1924

Ship Losses:

Fylgia (Sweden) The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Örskär with the loss of all hands.

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25th October 1924

A 1924 KKK gathering in Kalamazoo drew thousands. A parade marched through downtown before ending with a cross-burning near Woods Lake.
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Ship Losses:

Valdarno (Italy) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Panama City, Florida, United States.

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26th October 1924

Ship Losses:

Vizma (Soviet Union) The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Vigo, Galicia, Spain. Her crew survived.

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27th October 1924

Albert Henry Loeb, Chicago attorney, business executive and father of Richard Loeb of the Leopold and Loeb murder duo, died of a heart attack two months after his son's conviction and life sentence. He was 56.
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Ship Losses:

Floris (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Trupailles Rock off the Île d'Yeu, Vendée and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

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28th October 1924

Ship Losses:

Floris (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Trupailles Rock off the Île d'Yeu, Vendée and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Kansas (United States) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank in Lake Michigan.

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29th October 1924

Production begins on the upcoming silent film "The Phantom of the Opera" starring Lon Chaney.
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Ship Losses:

Silver Wave (United States) Carrying five passengers, a crew of four, and a cargo of 12 tons of general merchandise, the 32-gross register ton, 54.8-foot (16.7 m) motor schooner became frozen in ice in Kotzebue Sound about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off the coast of the Territory of Alaska and about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from Cape Espenberg and was abandoned without loss of life, becoming a total loss.

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30th October 1924

Ship Losses:

Alden Anderson (United States) The tanker was destroyed by fire at Avon, California.
Crow (United Kingdom) The Thames barge capsized and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of one of her two crew.
Erle (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground at Gedser, Zealand, Denmark. She was refloated on 3 November.
Glenorchy (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Leonard B. Miller ( United States) in Lake Huron and sank.
H.R.A. (United Kingdom) The Thames barge sank in the Thames Estuary off Erith, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 1 November.
Kalevi Poeg (Estonia) The passenger ship ran aground at Hankö, Finland. All on board were rescued.

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31st October 1924

"Convicts at the Eastern penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA, taking their daily calisthenics in the courtyard of the prison. This group includes convicts running the gamut from murderers to petty thieves."
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The Lexington Bridge in Lexington, Missouri, located over the Missouri River, opens.
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Ship Losses:

Arion (Italy) The cargo ship collided with Borneo ( Netherlands) in the Tyrrhenian Sea and sank with the loss of a crew member.
Jamaica (Nicaragua) The cargo ship caught fire at Bluefields and was a total loss.

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1st November 1924

American Red Cross advertisement.
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Bill Tilghman, American lawman and gunfighter, was shot and killed in Cromwell, Oklahoma, while trying to disarm a drunken U.S. prohibition agent, Wiley Lynn. He was 70.
https://i.postimg.cc/hGXFj8vg/november-1st-1924-bill-tilghman-american-lawman-and-v0-jkog92nyuayd1.webp (https://postimg.cc/TyvNNDnH)

Ship Losses:

Glenlyon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Superior off Isle Royale, Michigan. She broke in two on 4 December. Glenlyon later sank. All crew were rescued.

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2nd November 1924

A boy using a car's spare tyre to inflate his ball.
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Ship Losses:

Maule (Chile) The coaster ran aground in the Chacao Canal. She was declared a total loss.

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3rd November 1924

Ship Losses:

Waif (United States) After departing Cordova, Territory of Alaska, and picking up coal from Shinkoku Maru ( Japan), the 25-gross register ton, 56-foot (17 m) motor vessel was returning to Cordova when she struck rocks off Salmo Point (60°37′N 145°46′W) in Cordova Bay and foundered. Her hull later was reported to be decaying on the beach, a total loss.

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4th November 1924

Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to be elected governor in the U.S.
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Ship Losses:

E. D. Bailley (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (26°00′N 74°55′W). All six crew were rescued by Boverton ( United Kingdom).
Inspiration (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°52′N 31°49′W). All seven crew were rescued by Cardiganshire ( United Kingdom).
Terneskjær (Norway) The cargo ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Iceland and was wrecked.

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5th November 1924

"President & Mrs. Coolidge acknowledge greetings from crowd on morning after election."
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Ship Losses:

Niko (United States) The cargo ship foundered off Garden Island, Lake Michigan. Her crew survived.

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6th November 1924

Winston Churchill is named as the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, a surprising move on the part of Stanley Baldwin, as Churchill has no experience in finance. (Austen Chamberlain, Stanley Baldwin and Churchill)
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Ship Losses:

Graham (United Kingdom) The whaler was reported off the South Shetland Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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7th November 1924

UK: Austen Chamberlain becomes Foreign Secretary; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health; Winston Churchill (having left the Liberals in March), Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Ship Losses:

Marie Margaretha (Denmark) The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with the minelayer HMS Princess Margaret ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her twelve crew were rescued by Princess Margaret.

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8th November 1924

Ship Losses:

Alerte (Belgium) The tug collided with Marquise de Lubersac ( France) in the Scheldt and sank.

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9th November 1924

One million Americans now suffer from drug addiction, a crisis deemed more dangerous than war. The U.S. consumes four times more narcotics than Europe, with youth heavily affected. Only 1% of these drugs are used for essential medical purposes. (New York Times)
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Death of Mike Merlo, 44, Sicilian-born American mobster with the "Chicago Outfit" or "South Side Gang" of Al Capone. His death marks the beginning of Chicago's bootleg wars that plague the city for the rest of the decade.
https://i.postimg.cc/vZ3z0QGQ/november-9th-1924-one-million-americans-now-suffer-from-v0-d03gzrz43wzd1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

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10th November 1924

American mobster, Dean O'Banion, dies in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., aged 32
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The Society for Human Rights, an organization dedicated to giving gay people rights, is founded in Chicago, Illinois by Henry Gerber.
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Ship Losses:

Mars (United States) The cargo ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Daiquirí, Cuba.
Zacapa (United States) The refrigerated cargo liner ran aground on Great Inagua, Bahamas. Her passengers were taken off by Teno ( United States).

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11th November 1924

Armistice Day celebrations and remembrances are being held across the globe to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the end of the Great War.
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The Palace of Legion of Honor is opened in San Francisco, California.
https://i.postimg.cc/g0VJ1nRC/november-11th-1924-armistice-day-celebrations-and-v0-zxnfedf0c80e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

David Morris (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore on Grand Turk and was a total loss. Her crew survived.
Boz Kourd (Turkey) The cargo ship collided with Gul Nihal ( Turkey) off San Stefano and was beached.

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12th November 1924

A new session of the Italian parliament opens without 185 opposition members who have stayed away in an ill-conceived protest against the Fascist Party. The "Aventine Secession" allows the Fascists to enact the restrictive program of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.
https://i.postimg.cc/RZ8GLLcS/november-12th-1924-a-new-session-of-the-italian-parliament-v0-bpd31pd4zg0e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/fVcxwX2p)

Ship Losses:

Enrico Toti (Italy) The cargo ship ran aground in the Patapsco River at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated on 18 November.

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13th November 1924

John Bowman announces plans for a new skyscraper called the "Cathedral of Learning".
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14th November 1924

"3,000 IMPERILED BY JERSEY CITY FIRE; 50 ARE HURT, 100 FAMILIES HOMELESS; 2 BLOCKS RAZED, WITH $1,000,000 LOSS" (New York Times)
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Ship Losses:

Pierre (Belgium) The tug capsized at Antwerp, Belgium.

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15th November 1924

Nine members of the St. Louis-based "Egan's Rats" gang of bank robbers are convicted of robbery of a mail truck and each sentenced to 25 years incarceration in a federal prison.
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Ship Losses:

Sesnon #23 (United States) While anchored in the roadstead at Nome, Territory of Alaska, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of the mouth of the Snake River with no cargo or crew aboard, the 39-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale, was driven ashore, and was broken apart by waves.

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16th November 1924

"Fifth Avenue, 100 Years Old, Changes Radically in One Short Decade".
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17th November 1924

Police in Seattle, Washington arrest bootlegger Roy Olmstead and his wife Elise after obtaining sufficient evidence for a warrant from wiretapping of telephone conversations.
https://i.postimg.cc/mrnYpyQT/november-17th-1924-police-in-seattle-washington-arrest-v0-6945etw1th1e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Canestio (United States) The barge sank in a gale after the tug Kingfisher's ( United States) steering became disabled between New York City and Rockland, Maine. Her crew were rescued by USCGC Ossipee ( United States Coast Guard), but her Master died on the Cutter.
Daigo Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Nekogashira, Hokkaidō. She was wrecked in a storm on 25 November and sank.
Edgar Baxter (United States) The tug burned at Tremely Point, New Jersey.

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18th November 1924

The USS Langley reported for duty, becoming the first operational aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy.
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Ship Losses:

Pohatcong (United States) The barge sank in a gale after her tug Kingfisher's ( United States) steering became disabled between New York City and Rockland, Maine. Her crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat, but were lost.
Strafford (United States) The barge sank in a gale after her tug Kingfisher's ( United States) steering became disabled between New York City and Rockland, Maine. Her crew was rescued by Kingfisher.

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19th November 1924

Major-General Sir Lee Stack, British Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, is shot in Cairo by a gang of Egyptian nationalist students, dying the following day.
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Ship Losses:

Andrieta (Spain) The cargo ship sprang a leak at San Juan de Nieva and sank.
Maresfield (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 23 November.
Princesse Clémentine (Belgium) The cargo ship was wrecked on Penny Steel Rocks, Staithes Nab, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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20th November 1924

Ship Losses:

Belgenland (Belgium) The ocean liner ran aground in the Scheldt at Doel. She was refloated later that day.

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21st November 1924

Former first lady of the United States, Florence Harding, dies in Marion, Ohio, U.S., aged 64
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Prohibition agents Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith raid a Washington St. distillery which also manufactured fake labels. They were known nationally for successfully shutting down illegal speakeasies and for using disguises in their work.
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22nd November 1924

Ship Losses:

Falernian (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground near Constanţa, Romania (44°05′N 28°45′E). She was refloated on 4 March 1925.

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23rd November 1924

Ship Losses:

Lucia Briaco (Italy) The cargo ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Capo Colonna, Calabria. Her crew survived.

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24th November 1924

Charlie Chaplin marries his second wife, 16-year-old Lita Grey.
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The airplane Fokker F.VII takes its first flight.
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Ship Losses:

Esperanza (United States) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was declared a total loss on 3 December.
Marguerite M. Wemyss (United States) The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued by the battleship USS Utah ( United States Navy).
Perry Setzer (United States) The four-masted schooner collided with City of Montgomery ( United States) off the Diamond Shoals with the loss of her captain and was abandoned. Survivors were rescued by Solana ( United States).
Strombus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was refloated on 27 November.

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25th November 1924

The former German zeppelin ZR-3 was commissioned into the US Navy under terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
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The USS Washington (BB-47) is sunk while being used as a gunnery target.
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Ship Losses:

Sigrid (United States) During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Katalla, Territory of Alaska, the 11-gross register ton, 36.2-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef off the east coast of Vancouver Island 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. All three people aboard survived.

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26th November 1924

Three employees of the Cleveland Trust Bank Co. being trained to defend the bank vault in the company's office.
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Ship Losses:

Daleside (United Kingdom) The cargo ship departed Guernsey, Channel Islands for Harwich, Essex. Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship washed up at Pagham, Sussex on 3 December.
Lina K (United States) While laid up and with no one on board, the 10-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Aiaktalik Island (56°42′N 154°03′W) in the Kodiak Archipelago in the Territory of Alaska.

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27th November 1924

The Bear Mountain Bridge opens in the Hudson River in New York.
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Ship Losses:

Dieppe (United Kingdom( The steam passenger ferry struck the breakwater in the harbor at Newhaven, Sussex, stern-first. The tugs Alert and Richmere (both United Kingdom) came to her assistance, but Richmere was disabled, dashed against the harbor wall, and sunk. Dieppe docked five hours later. She was repaired and returned to service.
Hartley (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Anvil Point, Swanage, Dorset with the loss of seventeen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Machaon ( United Kingdom).
Richmere (United Kingdom) The tug was disabled when a cable became entangled around her propeller while she was coming to the assistance of the steam passenger ferry Dieppe ( United Kingdom), which had struck the breakwater in the harbor at Newhaven, Sussex. Richmere was dashed against the harbor wall, and sank. Her crew was rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Sir Fitzroy Clayton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Richmere later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Rupavati (United Kingdom) The passenger ship struck rocks off Vengurla, India and was beached at Malwan. Her passengers were landed.

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28th November 1924

The Fairey Fremantle takes its first flight. The plane is also scheduled for a planned circumnavigation across the globe.
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Ship Losses:

Cornish Coast The steamer stranded on the Seven Stones Reef between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. She survived and was involved in an incident with the sinking of the steamer Fagerness off Trevose Head on 17 March 1926.
Gyptis (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe la Coubre, Gironde Estuary, France due to the failure of her engine and was wrecked.

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29th November 1924

The world’s skinniest man, 58-pound (26kg) Peter Robinson, weds the world’s fattest woman, 468-pound (212kg) Baby Bunny Smith, in New York City.
https://i.postimg.cc/nzZrKjY4/november-28th-1924-the-worlds-skinniest-man-58-pound-26kg-v0-rsucyynclp3e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/HJZTdLNn)

Ship Losses:

Alexandre (Belgium) The cargo ship collided with Canadian Pioneer ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached.
Astero (Italy) The cargo ship came ashore at Ras el Amar, Tunisia. Her crew were rescued by Belos ( Sweden). She was refloated on 3 December.
Baltic (Denmark) The cargo ship collided with Frost ( Sweden) in the Øresund off the Trindelon Lightship ( Sweden) and sank with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by Frost.
Enrico Toti (Italy) The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (57°29′N 55°09′W). Her crew were rescued by Miami ( United Kingdom).
Sveadrott (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground at Kungshamn, Västra Götaland County. She broke in two on 14 December.
HMS Vernon II (Royal Navy) The first-rate ship of the line broke in two during a gale and sank in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was under tow to be scrapped.

[Jimbuna]

30th November 1924

Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Chisholm later became a historic figure when she ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972, becoming the first Black woman to campaign for the presidency.
https://i.imgur.com/9hAADpg.jpeg

Ship Losses:

Öresund (Sweden) The cargo ship came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Bovbjerg Lighthouse, Denmark. She was refloated on 3 December.
Valborg (Soviet Union) The schooner came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Bovbjerg Lighthouse. She was refloated on 11 December.

[Jimbuna]

1st December 1924

KKK leader Rice W. Means takes office as a U.S. Senator from Colorado.
https://i.postimg.cc/76HHtngY/december-1st-1924-kkk-leader-rice-w-means-takes-office-as-a-v0-u2vq0bv4694e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/hJYRfxyH)

Ship Losses:

Unity (United Kingdom) The Thames barge collided with San Dario ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Shellhaven, Essex and sank.

[Jimbuna]

2nd December 1924

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing iconic masks and white robes parading down King Street to Schroeder Funeral Home for the funeral of Police officer Herbert Dreger.
https://i.postimg.cc/qM2dzvSs/december-2nd-1924-ku-klux-klan-kkk-wearing-iconic-masks-and-v0-yfy2hbo0hg4e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Freedom (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) off Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Taormina (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground at Österngarn, Sweden. She was refloated on 9 December.

[Jimbuna]

3rd December 1924

The SS Lakeland sinks in Lake Michigan near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
https://i.postimg.cc/RZ97GyNr/december-3rd-1924-the-ss-lakeland-sinks-in-lake-michigan-v0-wrs6wy8gtn4e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Lakeland (United States) The cargo ship foundered in Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued.
Port Caledonia (Finland) The four-masted barque was driven ashore at Pointe de Chassiron, Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

4th December 1924

High-ranking officer of the Venezuelan military, politician and the president of Venezuela from 1899 to 1908, Cipriano Castro, dies in San Juan, Puerto Rico, aged 66
https://i.postimg.cc/6q5qKZTW/december-4-1924-high-ranking-officer-of-the-venezuelan-v0-e3aiglv4xp4e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/cg20MrQ2)

Ship Losses:

Falcon (United Kingdom) The sailing ship was wrecked on Easter Island.

[Jimbuna]

5th December 1924

Ship Losses:

Begona No.2 (Spain) The cargo ship ran aground near Ghar al Milh, Tunisia. She was refloated on 8 December.
Cigale (France) The coaster caught fire and foundered in the Indian Ocean on a voyage between Mauritius and Réunion. She was abandoned with the loss of 19 of the 47 people on board. Some of the survivors were rescued by Secunder ( Mauritius) and Ville de Havre ( France).
Siri (Sweden) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

6th December 1924

Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding dies in St. Joseph's Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He suffered an automobile crash 7 days ago on November 29th. He was 79.
https://i.imgur.com/1GtaLDG.jpeg

Ship Losses:

River Tyne (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Helsingør, Zealand, Denmark. She was refloated on 9 December.

[Jimbuna]

7th December 1924

Seven months after the last election, a new Reichstag election takes place in the Weimar Republic. Compared to the election in May, it ends with a certain stabilization of the governing parties and shows a clear defeat for the extreme right and left.
https://i.imgur.com/vDfGYAf.jpeg

Ship Losses:

A. Woodall (United States) The freighter burned in Chesapeake Bay. Lost with all seven hands.

[Jimbuna]

8th December 1924

British foreign minister Austen Chamberlain (left), with the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (right), during a conference in Florence, Italy.
https://i.postimg.cc/kg57hRLd/december-7th-1924-british-foreign-minister-austen-v0-q0sojk21zh5e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Emma and Esther (United Kingdom) The schooner came ashore at Bonnybefore, County Antrim. She was refloated on 12 December.
Tana (Sweden) The barque collided with the fishing vessel Ibis ( Sweden) off Skagen, Denmark and sank with the loss of seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Ibis.

[Jimbuna]

9th December 1924

The Hood River Bridge, located between Hood River, Oregon, and White Salmon, Washington, U.S. opens.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y9FW7KWM/december-9th-1924-the-hood-river-bridge-located-between-v0-jv9v12sgwu5e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Oaxaca (Mexico) The cargo ship caught fire at sea and was beached at Mazatlán. She was refloated the next day.

[Jimbuna]

10th December 1924

Ship Losses:

Esther Hankinson (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 30°N 20°W) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Charalambos ( Greece).
Folkvard (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground at Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated but subsequently beached. Folkvard was refloated again on 11 December.
Noas (Latvia) The sailing ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Karlshamn, Blekinge County, Sweden with the loss of a crew member.

[Jimbuna]

11th December 1924

William Howard Taft & his wife at the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Mahlon Pitney.
https://i.postimg.cc/VLTbSHfp/december-11th-1924-william-howard-taft-his-wife-at-the-v0-du5vv9omm86e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/BXTvkp1B)

Ship Losses:

Bras d'Or (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Fuki Maru (Japan) The cargo ship caught fire 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Namoa Island, Samoa (23°19′N 117°00′E) and was abandoned.
Pelleen (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

[Jimbuna]

12th December 1924

Ship Losses:

USS Castine (United States Navy) The decommissioned gunboat was in the Gulf of Mexico under tow to a Texas scrapyard when she suffered an explosion that sank her in 20 minutes.

[Jimbuna]

13th December 1924

Ship Losses:

Laura (Italy) The cargo ship collided with Lorenzo ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Dunkerque, Nord, France and sank with the loss of a crew member.
Mikado Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Shimonoseki. She was refloated on 18 December.

[Jimbuna]

14th December 1924

Good news! They found this brat about a week later, in Los Angeles! She took 14k worth of jewelry and fur, borrowed money from all of her friends, then went to see her brother in LA!
https://i.postimg.cc/hGg4C9js/dec-14-1924-good-news-they-found-this-brat-about-a-week-v0-7tpts0zmat6e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/pmGtr5K5)

Ship Losses:

Barnouic (France) The auxiliary schooner came ashore on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

15th December 1924

What are his pronouns? My answer in the comments.
https://i.postimg.cc/2j7KM4XK/dec-15-1924-what-are-his-pronouns-my-answer-in-the-comments-v0-29u2cwdtzz6e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/3WW1DDhX)

Ship Losses:

Mapledawn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. She was abandoned as a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

16th December 1924

Mary Couts Burnett, a wealthy philanthropist who donated the bulk of her estate to Texas Christian University, dies from a stroke in Fort Worth at the age of 68.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5dQdmfG/december-16th-1924-mary-couts-burnett-a-wealthy-v0-383ou9bgj87e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)share images (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Grand Turk (United States) The three-masted schooner was driven ashore 180 nautical miles (330 km) east of Progreso, Yucatán and was wrecked. Her crew survived.

[Raf1394]

16th December 1924

Mary Couts Burnett, a wealthy philanthropist who donated the bulk of her estate to Texas Christian University, dies from a stroke in Fort Worth at the age of 68.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5dQdmfG/december-16th-1924-mary-couts-burnett-a-wealthy-v0-383ou9bgj87e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)share images (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Grand Turk (United States) The three-masted schooner was driven ashore 180 nautical miles (330 km) east of Progreso, Yucatán and was wrecked. Her crew survived.

Don't forget the Battle of the Bulge started 16 december 1944. A pretty big moment. The last offensive of Nazi-Germany. To try to get something out of the losing war.

[Raf1394]

Oh sorry, i just seen that you already posted it hahah on the other channel :Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

:k_confused:

[Jimbuna]

17th December 1924

New York, NY- "Ivan the Great", said to be the world's strongest man, makes his American debut by letting five couples dance on a plank held up by his chest.
https://i.postimg.cc/XqNCY0jC/december-17th-1924-new-york-ny-ivan-the-great-said-to-be-v0-j2xq1ofw5e7e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/G8N2XVsL)

Ship Losses:

Fiume (Italy )The cargo ship ran aground at Point Indio, Argentina. She was refloated on 20 December.
Promus (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Deep. She was refloated on 23 December.

[Jimbuna]

18th December 1924

William Outis Allison, former National Reserve Bank president, died at his home in New York at the age of 75.
https://i.postimg.cc/43wRVGQQ/december-18th-1924-william-outis-allison-former-national-v0-p8wfsmqdvm7e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Eglantiër (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 22 December.
Millville (United States) The 22-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire while laid up for the winter with no one aboard at Pybus Bay (57°16′N 134°05′W) in Southeast Alaska.

[Jimbuna]

19th December 1924

German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for the murder and dismemberment of at least 24 young males in Hanover.
https://i.postimg.cc/C1NZWHQY/december-19th-1924-german-serial-killer-fritz-haarmann-is-v0-r7qptptigt7e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Tornan (Sweden) The cargo ship came ashore at Torekov, Sweden and was abandoned by her crew.

[Jimbuna]

20th December 1924

BREAKING: Adolf Hitler was released on parole from Landsberg prison in Bavaria, Germany. He looked "sadder and wiser" and is expected to retire to private life, returning to Austria, his country of birth.
https://i.postimg.cc/8cj3Dzw5/december-20th-1924-breaking-adolf-hitler-was-released-on-v0-qrov84wbrx7e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

A Los Angeles traffic policeman with an offending motorist detained in the side-car cell attached to his motorcycle.
https://i.postimg.cc/rFRbPzKZ/december-20th-1924-breaking-adolf-hitler-was-released-on-v0-qrov84wbrx7e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/xcYtkfGL)

Ship Losses:

Thames (United Kingdom) The brig sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned on 23 December (48°50′N 12°04′W). All seven crew were rescued by Springfield ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

21st December 1924

This collage is showcasing the top iconic athletes and performers of 1924, from Johnny Weissmuller to Jack Dempsey.
https://i.postimg.cc/Gt99TZzS/dec-21-1924-this-collage-is-showcasing-the-top-iconic-v0-7d9p99dxr78e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Cascade (United Kingdom) The coaster sank at Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada.
Vard (Norway) The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Dunnet Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by the trawler Lord Knaresborough ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

22nd December 1924

J. Edgar Hoover, founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at his desk in the department of Justice.
https://i.postimg.cc/7hyRgp2V/december-22nd-1924-j-edgar-hoover-founder-of-the-federal-v0-3v9ecazryf8e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Chingford (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Crail, Fife. Her 27 crew were rescued by rocket apparats and the Anstruther and St. Andrews Lifeboats.
Claremorris (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire with the loss of one of her eleven crew. She was a total loss.
Esther Maria (Denmark) The cargo ship was driven aground on the Big Rock, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. All crew except her officers were taken off. She was refloated on 8 February 1925.
Katherine (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. She was driven further up the shore on 27 December. She was refloated on 9 May 1925.
Konini (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Whale Point, South Island, New Zealand and was a total loss.
Ostrobotnia (Finland) The cargo ship struck rocks at Viborg, Denmark and was beached. She was refloated later that day.
Vithinia (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Laurium.

[Jimbuna]

23rd December 1924

Petar Chaulev, a Bulgarian revolutionary, was assassinated in Milan, Italy for secretly signing the 'May Manifesto,' opposing IMRO leader Todor Alexandrov. He was 42.
https://i.postimg.cc/HnWXqvPn/december-23rd-1924-petar-chaulev-a-bulgarian-revolutionary-v0-tqgbwm77gm8e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Themis (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground north of Bergen, Norway. She was refloated on 27 December.

[Jimbuna]

24th December 1924

Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash: Imperial Airways biplane "G-EBBX" crashes at Purley shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, killing all eight people on board, the new line's first fatal accident, leading to the first UK public inquiry into a civil aviation accident.
https://i.postimg.cc/pTXRYjdN/dec-24-1924-1924-imperial-airways-de-havilland-dh-34-crash-v0-sz1izpndps8e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Anna Vasilakis (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground at Karaburun, Turkey. She was refloated on 29 December.
Po (Italy) The cargo ship collided with the steamer St. Paul ( France) off Ventimiglia, Liguria and sank with the loss of two crew.
Scotsman (United Kingdom) The Thames barge collided with London Mariner ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank.
St.Karadec (France) The coaster ran aground and foundered in Carmarthen Bay with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

27th December 1924

“Mulholland High-Way” in Los Angeles, California is dedicated with much fanfare, including an air circus, rodeo, parade and dance along with a program at the Hollywood Bowl. The road is renamed “Mulholland Drive” in 1939.
https://i.postimg.cc/cJGXFgMs/december-27-1924-mulholland-high-way-in-los-angeles-v0-sh4t8tc4xe9e1.webp (https://postimg.cc/w1FXvBGP)

Ship Losses:

Curlew (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sank off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Mount Blairy (Denmark) The three-masted schooner ran aground at Toward Point, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 29 January 1925.
Glenaster (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Cape St. Paul, Gold Coast. She was refloated on 5 January 1925.
Gleneden (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Winterton, Norfolk. She was refloated and later beached at Sunk Island, Yorkshire. Gleneden was refloated on 31 December and taken to Immingham, Lincolnshire.
Sortland (Norway) The coaster was wrecked in Foldenfjord, Norway, with the loss of a crew member.
Willemoes (United Kingdom) The three-masted schooner came ashore at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked with the loss of one of her six crew.

[Jimbuna]

28th December 1924

The USS Bass (SS-164) is launched by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
https://i.postimg.cc/xCr07GjF/december-27th-1924-the-uss-bass-ss-164-is-launched-by-the-v0-y5ylblvw2g9e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Atlantic (Sweden) The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her fourteen crew were rescued by Panaghi Vagliano ( Greece) and the Walton Lifeboat. She was later towed into Harwich, Essex and beached.
Clyde (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire and was beached at Cairnbulg. She was a total loss but her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

29th December 1924

"French claim Germans Make New Deadly Gas".
https://i.postimg.cc/Kjyz7HNc/december-28th-1924-french-claim-germans-make-new-deadly-gas-v0-rm2pbhl4cm9e1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Alfredo (Spain) The collier foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of six of her nineteen crew.
Inger Benedicte (Norway) The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by the trawler Skallagrimur ( Iceland) at Reykjavík, Iceland. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

30th December 1924

Ship Losses:

Stella Maris (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was wrecked at Amroth, Pembrokeshire.

[Jimbuna]

31st December 1924

Thirty-three Blackshirt consuls, headed by Enzo Galbiati, arrived unannounced in Benito Mussolini's office, demanding that he crush the opposition or they would do so without him.
https://i.postimg.cc/15rHWQ0k/december-31st-1924-thirty-three-blackshirt-consuls-headed-v0-arfo-Em2n-GIb-Vzu6o-MHGGG9-Cych0-QY1-Vw-Tdrp-Ov.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Japan's Naval Big Four: Future Prime Ministers Okada and Suzuki Among Them.
https://i.postimg.cc/htC0B15M/december-31st-1924-thirty-three-blackshirt-consuls-headed-v0-arfo-Em2n-GIb-Vzu6o-MHGGG9-Cych0-QY1-Vw-Tdrp-Ov.webp (https://postimg.cc/G4yDPGrs)

Ship Losses:

Eddystone The Thames barge collided with Belvedere ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Rainham, Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Erivan (Norway) The whaler struck rocks and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Swain Island, Kerguelen. Her crew were rescued by Kilfenora ( United Kingdom).
Western Valleys (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Heysham, Lancashire. She broke in two and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

1st January 1925

HAPPY 1925!!!!!!!!!!!!! People are seen celebrating 1925 in Broadway, just above 42nd street, welcoming the new year.
https://i.postimg.cc/PqnnL9bS/january-1st-1925-happy-1925-people-are-seen-celebrating-v0-fv6x2u6hfbae1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

2nd January 1925

Unconfirmed reports emerge that Leon Trotsky, Russian war minister, has been assassinated or crushed by the central executive committee of the soviets. (The Seattle Star)
https://i.postimg.cc/XJgwfJ21/january-2nd-1925-unconfirmed-reports-emerge-that-leon-v0-4o8nelkdslae1.webp (https://postimg.cc/wy7yH6YD)

Ship Losses:

Heinrich Hugo Stinnes 7 (Germany) The cargo ship sprang a leak off Kopervik, Norway and was beached in Høyevarde Bay.
Katharina Dorothea Fritzen (Germany) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Skudesnes, Norway and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Mohawk (United States) The passenger ship caught fire and sank in Delaware Bay. Two hundred and seventy passengers were rescued by USCGC Kickapoo ( United States Coast Guard) and an American tug.

[Jimbuna]

3rd January 1925

Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italian Chamber of Deputies which will be regarded by historians as the beginning of his dictatorship.
https://i.postimg.cc/dQ5RLzMw/january-3rd-1925-benito-mussolini-makes-a-pivotal-speech-in-v0-c5am13v7zqae1.webp (https://postimg.cc/PN8v7VrR)

Ship Losses:

Turnu Severin (Romania) The cargo ship came ashore near Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She broke in two on 12 January and was declared a total loss. She was refloated on 23 March and beached at Boulogne.

[Jimbuna]

4th January 1925

Red Shirt, Oglala Lakota chief, U.S. Army scout, and statesman passes away in Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota at the age of 77-78. He promoted unity with whites and education, opposing Crazy Horse and the Ghost Dance.
https://i.postimg.cc/pXG3ryZC/january-4th-1925-red-shirt-oglala-lakota-chief-u-s-army-v0-9dlq3m05xzae1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Castlerock (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a breakwater at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and was consequently beached at Goodwick Sands. She was refloated on 12 January.

[kmdr. ppor. Antoni Hoffman]

5th January 1925


Polish Post & Telegraph Office №3 in the Free City of Gdańsk was established. Later redesignated as Polish Post Office №1. Together with the Polish Military Transit Depot located at Westerplatte Peninsula - is a symbol of the heroic defense of Polish posts in the Free City of Danzig during the 1939 German invasion.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Poczta_Polska_otwarcie_UP_Nr_3.jpg/682px-Poczta_Polska_otwarcie_UP_Nr_3.jpg
Opening ceremony.

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Many Postmen used bicycles. Inter-City Couriers and Couriers working in metropolies were issued Sokol motorcycles.

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German troops taking cover during attack on Post Office №1.

https://theboardgameschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/poczta.jpg?w=640
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Aftermath. Building partly destroyed, letter boxes ripped out of the ground. Surrendered Postmen that actively defended the Office were executed. Other officials were arrested and later sent to concentration camps.

[Jimbuna]

5th January 1925

"Hitler, The Modern Man Without Country" (Baltimore Sun)
https://i.postimg.cc/htKhffPX/january-5th-1925-hitler-the-modern-man-without-country-v0-sy86o0fy97be1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Emmanuel (Greece) The cargo ship was driven ashore at St David's, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. All 25 crew were rescued. She was refloated on 24 March.

[Jimbuna]

6th January 1925

20,000 men worked around the clock, using trucks and steam shovels, to remove the snow from NYC.
https://i.postimg.cc/VkR99fTK/jan-6-2025-20-000-men-worked-around-the-clock-using-trucks-v0-pbz62ir4adbe1.webp (https://postimg.cc/QFFWh3j7)

Ship Losses:

Kiang Wo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 70 nautical miles (130 km) upstream of Hankow, China. She was refloated on 12 January.

[Jimbuna]

7th January 1925

Germany: Launch of the Emden, the first German warship built since the Great War.
https://i.postimg.cc/Kz6Mq0CJ/january-7th-1925-germany-launch-of-the-emden-the-first-v0-8zz958c1hjbe1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Taiyu Maru (Japan) The cargo ship collided with Yetorofu Maru ( Japan) in the Straits of Shimonoseki and sank.

[Jimbuna]

8th January 1925

A blind WWI veteran repaired radios by feeling a working one and fixing what didn’t match on the broken one.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y0Vq2644/jan-8-1925-a-blind-wwi-veteran-repaired-radios-by-feeling-a-v0-oy23oddobrbe1.webp (https://postimg.cc/y3mzvSyB)

Ship Losses:

Mercurius (Netherlands) The cargo ship ran aground on Pearl Rock, Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. She broke in two on 11 January and was a total loss.

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12th January 1925

Ship Losses:

Manuel Caragol (Uruguay) The sailing ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°05′N 67°40′W). She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by Kenowis ( United States).
Nystrand (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground on Lillegrunden, Great Belt. She was refloated on 16 January.
Ceramic (United Kingdom) The ocean liner ran aground in the River Clyde at Glasgow. She was later refloated and drydocked.
Elli (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Astypalaia, Greece.

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13th January 1925

Ship Losses:

USS S-19 (United States Navy) The S-class submarine ran aground off Chatham, Massachusetts. She was later refloated and returned to service.

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14th January 1925

USS Arizona, Oklahoma, and Nevada in their prime. Sixteen years later, all three faced the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y2m8nx0y/jan-14-1925-uss-arizona-oklahoma-and-nevada-in-their-prime-v0-cr4muxvo10de1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Aladdin (Norway) The cargo ship sank off Silda, Norway.

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15th January 1925

Ahhhh, look what they did for the WWI Veterans.
https://i.postimg.cc/sxSgWZw2/jan-15-1925-ahhhh-look-what-they-did-for-the-wwi-veterans-v0-43ftsni5l5de1.webp (https://postimg.cc/q6JrVgff)

Ship Losses:

Bidsie and Bell (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.

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17th January 1925

Douglas MacArthur, former Chief of Staff of the Rainbow Division in France, is promoted to major-general, becoming the youngest in the army, as he takes command of the Fourth Corps Area in Atlanta.
https://i.postimg.cc/9FL9wJZg/january-17th-1925-douglas-macarthur-former-chief-of-staff-v0-1q6m08l7kkde1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

A plane landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier Langley off the coast of San Diego, California.
https://i.postimg.cc/d193PV9N/january-17th-1925-douglas-macarthur-former-chief-of-staff-v0-1q6m08l7kkde1.webp (https://postimg.cc/PpPT1h91)

Ship Losses:

Camborne (United Kingdom) The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Arthurstown, County Wexford, Ireland. She was refloated on 27 January.
Cardiff Hall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Seven Heads, County Cork, Ireland and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.

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18th January 1925

A one day snowfall of 9.8” made it the worst in Wichita Falls, Texas history.
https://i.postimg.cc/wTRB2ksB/january-18-1925-a-one-day-snowfall-of-9-8-made-it-the-worst-v0-1c5tq7emxrde1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Arnold (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground on Soay, Skye, United Kingdom. She broke in two and was a total loss.
Raita (France) The sailing ship was wrecked at Carmannah whilst on a voyage from Port Gamble, Washington, United States to Papeete, Tahiti. All ten crew were rescued.

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19th January 1925

Maj. Henry Clagett, Gen. William Mitchell, Grover Loening at Bolling Field in front of a Loening Amphibian plane.
https://i.postimg.cc/VLLjZMsb/january-19th-1925-maj-henry-clagett-gen-william-mitchell-v0-j9gib9si4zde1.webp (https://postimg.cc/grQXnxZY)

Ship Losses:

Goodig (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Vlissingen, Netherlands. She was refloated on 22 January.
Terrier (United Kingdom) The three-masted schooner came ashore at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

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20th January 1925

This 100-year-old photo of Private Joseph W. Richards, a paralyzed WWI veteran at the Star & Garter, still inspires countless people—not just those with disabilities but also their caregivers. His resilience and determination transcend generations.
https://i.postimg.cc/d3RGGZfB/jan-20-1925-this-100-year-old-photo-of-private-joseph-w-v0-8k50fz4zv5ee1.webp (https://postimg.cc/JHnyL0MD)

Ship Losses:

Archangel (United Kingdom) The passenger ferry ran aground at Hook of Holland, Netherlands. Passengers were landed by three tugs.
HMS Monarch (Royal Navy) Washington Naval Treaty: The Orion-class battleship was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly by HMS Carysfort, HMS Caledon, HMS Curacoa, HMS Calliope, HMS Hood, HMS Repulse, HMS Ramillies, HMS Revenge, HMS Resolution, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Royal Sovereign and HMS Vectis (all Royal Navy).
Redline No.1 (United Kingdom) The coastal tanker foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of eight of her nine crew. The survivor was rescued by Thérese ( France).

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21st January 1925

"City Marshall John E Parker of Gloucester, Massachusetts dressed as a woman as part of an operation to entrap bootleggers."
https://i.postimg.cc/CKJr4bPF/january-21st-1925-city-marshall-john-e-parker-of-gloucester-v0-ef7ty28lcbee1.webp (https://postimg.cc/sBQJjGC8)

Ship Losses:

Europe (France) The cargo liner came ashore at Pirio Press, Cotonou, French Dahomey. Her passengers were taken off by Scheldestroom ( Netherlands). She was refloated on 25 January.

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22nd January 1925

American geographer and mountain climber Fanny Bullock Workman passes away in Cannes, France at the age of 66.
https://i.postimg.cc/5t7dtcMq/january-21st-1925-city-marshall-john-e-parker-of-gloucester-v0-ef7ty28lcbee1.webp (https://postimg.cc/VSCH7Vvd)

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23rd January 1925

200 Chinese farmers were beheaded in Fukien province for refusing to grow opium under military orders, despite 1,500 Christian families also rebelling.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5FYGxV6/january-23rd-1925-200-chinese-farmers-were-beheaded-in-v0-04x5ncblkree1.webp (https://postimg.cc/bZrjbkXv)

A baker passes bread to a lady who is trapped in her London house due to the Thames River flooding.
https://i.postimg.cc/fLkw0nZv/january-23rd-1925-200-chinese-farmers-were-beheaded-in-v0-04x5ncblkree1.webp (https://postimg.cc/XGSMTPrZ)

Ship Losses:

Mars (France) The cargo ship struck rocks off the Jardin Lighthouse, Ille-et-Vilaine and was beached at Dinard. She was later refloated and taken to Saint-Malo.
Waldtrout Horn (Germany) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°33′N 24°25′W). her crew were rescued by Silverway ( United Kingdom).

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24th January 1925

A total solar eclipse occurred, visible in the Northeast and Great Lakes region.
https://i.postimg.cc/KcCCcV8t/january-24th-1925-a-total-solar-eclipse-occurred-visible-in-v0-uaxt0jxoxwee1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Hymie Weiss, Bugs Moran, Vincent Drucci, and Frank Gusenberg ambush Chicago Outfit leader Johnny Torrio as he returns from shopping with his wife, shooting him and his chauffeur, Robert Barton, several times. As Moran is about to kill Torrio, the gun misfires.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z547Chtv/january-24th-1925-a-total-solar-eclipse-occurred-visible-in-v0-uaxt0jxoxwee1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

HMML 307 (Royal Navy) The Motor Launch suffered an engine explosion and sank at Hankow, China.

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25th January 1925

The last eclipse near Lancaster, PA was in 1806; the next won't occur until 2024, another rare occurrence.
https://i.postimg.cc/sXJMLd27/january-26-1925-american-actor-film-director-racing-car-v0-mgsrpgcb79fe1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

George Jr. (United States) During a voyage from Petersburg to Juneau, Territory of Alaska, the 27-gross register ton motor vessel sank in a snowstorm with high seas and strong winds in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska between Taku Harbor and Gastineau Channel. All four men on board – three crewmen and a passenger – perished.
Speedway (United States) The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Pacific Ocean off the Swiftsure Reef, British Columbia, Canada and was abandoned.

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26th January 1925

American actor, film director, racing car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, Paul Newman, is born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.
https://i.postimg.cc/MpcjpFsJ/january-26-1925-american-actor-film-director-racing-car-v0-mgsrpgcb79fe1.webp (https://postimg.cc/w1pBW08w)

Ship Losses:

Olive Branch (United Kingdom) The schooner struck a submerged object in the Bristol Channel and sprang a leak. An attempt was made to reach Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire but she foundered off Dale Point.

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27th January 1925

President of the Wrigley Chewing Gum Company, Philip K. Wrigley, is not even 30 years old.
https://i.postimg.cc/T259FpHr/jan-27-1925-president-of-the-wrigley-chewing-gum-company-v0-mcl7wdrzcife1.webp (https://postimg.cc/xqYMbTQC)

This nine inch puppy swallowed a seven inch pin.
https://i.postimg.cc/SsBWkftc/jan-27-1925-president-of-the-wrigley-chewing-gum-company-v0-mcl7wdrzcife1.webp (https://postimg.cc/Q9qBq1DM)

"Martial Law ruled in Herrin, Il, as Klan and foes prepared to bury dead. Gunplay fatal to Glenn Young and three others was waged at this spot."
https://i.postimg.cc/wTdhrFNp/jan-27-1925-president-of-the-wrigley-chewing-gum-company-v0-mcl7wdrzcife1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

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28th January 1925

Photo is of a dinner with US dignitaries and members of the Japanese Imperial Navy's Training Fleet in San Francisco.
https://i.postimg.cc/nhzrtHPx/jan-28-1925-first-photo-is-of-a-dinner-with-us-dignitaries-v0-v9baxbionofe1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Benvannoch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Singapore Strait at Pulo Angup whilst on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to Hakodate, Japan. She was refloated on 2 February.
Doon Glen (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and put into Larne, County Antrim. She was beached there the next day.

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29th January 1925

Made you look! Ha! Harry Earles was no baby. Bio in comments...
https://i.postimg.cc/RCnSLBS0/jan-29-1925-made-you-look-ha-harry-earles-was-no-baby-bio-v0-a2a6gdnbnxfe1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Commack (United States) The schooner was driven ashore at False Hook, New Jersey. Some of her crew were taken off by a United States Coast Guard vessel. She was refloated on 1 February.
HMINS Elphinstone (Royal Indian Marine) The Anchusa-class sloop struck an uncharted rock off Castle Point, Tillanchong Island, Nicobar Islands, and sank. All 136 crew survived.
USS S-48 (United States Navy) The S-class submarine ran aground off Jeffrey Point, New Hampshire. She was refloated a week later. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

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30th January 1925

The first US aircraft carrier, USS Langley, participates in it's first big maneuver.
https://i.postimg.cc/QC7TGB1Y/jan-30-1925-the-first-us-aircraft-carrier-uss-langley-v0-u8ixs5m625ge1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Gladys (United Kingdom) The sailing ship came ashore and sank at Vlissingen, Netherlands.

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31st January 1925

Proceeded by a guard of honor, consisting of 100 members of the Ku Klux Klan, wearing closely drawn masks and bearing several large American flags, the funeral cortege of S. Glenn Young, a Klan dry leader, passed through the business center of Herrin on its way to the cemetery.
https://i.postimg.cc/90yzTVND/january-31st-1925-proceeded-by-a-guard-of-honor-consisting-v0-a1nel7xv6bge1.webp (https://postimg.cc/sGDVCFzz)

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1st February 1925

"A young lady wearing mask and gloves for beautifying purposes."
https://i.postimg.cc/sxYmLRyM/feb-1-1925-a-young-lady-wearing-mask-and-gloves-for-v0-xpz1bb9hsige1.webp (https://postimg.cc/FkK0f8Yv)

Ship Losses:

Skjoldli (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground in Kyrkesund, Sweden and was a total loss.

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2nd February 1925

American actress, known for her work on Broadway and later, television, Elaine Stritch, is born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
https://i.postimg.cc/V6ntS701/february-2-1925-american-actress-known-for-her-work-on-v0-iq8bjd6v6oge1.webp (https://postimg.cc/mzZkJyS6)

Ship Losses:

Chyko (United Kingdom) The coaster ran aground on the Fungu Miza Reef and was beached at Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika.
Sara (Italy) The cargo ship struck rocks in the Adriatic Sea off Fano and sank with the loss of one of her crew.

[Jimbuna]

3rd February 1925

Houdini exposes spirit trickery to New York clergymen.
https://i.postimg.cc/T188DQsJ/february-3rd-1925-houdini-exposes-spirit-trickery-to-new-v0-ah7cgyza7yge1.webp (https://postimg.cc/9RBN3PCD)

The first ever electric train of India completes its journey from Victoria Terminus to Kurla on the Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway).
https://i.postimg.cc/7P7rk8Cs/february-3rd-1925-houdini-exposes-spirit-trickery-to-new-v0-ah7cgyza7yge1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

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4th February 1925

This shark is believed to have killed a Cuban actress because hair found in its system is thought to be hers. She went down with a steamship that sank almost a year ago.
https://i.postimg.cc/023p93q5/jan-4-1925-this-shark-is-believed-to-have-killed-a-cuban-v0-wicleqc3m4he1.webp (https://postimg.cc/KRPKN0zC)

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5th February 1925

The police were told to kill hawks whenever they could because they killed squirrels and rabbits.
https://i.postimg.cc/T1PQn8tL/feb-5-1925-the-police-were-told-to-kill-hawks-whenever-they-v0-ogyrj2gusbhe1.webp (https://postimg.cc/gXfvP7Fm)

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6th February 1925

A housewife named Margaret W. Rowen, leading a group called "Reformed Adventists," claims the world will end today with the second coming of Jesus Christ. She cites biblical prophecies and urges followers to be prepared, though she doesn't know how the end will come.
https://i.postimg.cc/x87rGxR5/february-6th-1925-a-housewife-named-margaret-w-rowen-v0-2ktnqj3j1khe1.webp (https://postimg.cc/MfyrqYgf)

"Marcus Garvey (center), President General of the African Republic, leaves court handcuffed to a deputy, Marshal Hecht, at left. Garvey was sentenced to five years in Atlanta Penitentiary for mail fraud."
https://i.postimg.cc/nhbgHQwX/february-6th-1925-a-housewife-named-margaret-w-rowen-v0-2ktnqj3j1khe1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

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7th February 1925

Ship Losses:

Unidentified launch (Imperial Japanese Navy) A steam launch belonging to the cruiser Izumo ( Imperial Japanese Navy) was sunk in a collision with a tugboat owned by the Canadian Pacific Ocean Railroad at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 11 crewmen were killed.

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8th February 1925

American actor, Jack Lemmon, is born in Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
https://i.postimg.cc/fb3XX2BH/february-8-1925-american-actor-jack-lemmon-is-born-in-v0-wghfhax13vhe1.webp (https://postimg.cc/PLjPn4GZ)

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9th February 1925

Mobster Johnny Torrio is sentenced by Judge Adam Cliffe to nine months in the Lake County Jail, in Waukegan, Illinois, a short distance north of Chicago. This location is chosen for his protection as the sheriff is on his payroll.
https://i.postimg.cc/nzGgZvCp/february-9th-1925-mobster-johnny-torrio-is-sentenced-by-v0-j51rcd5bc4ie1.webp (https://postimg.cc/PpN2QvWR)

The Japanese battleship Tosa has been scuttled.
https://i.postimg.cc/br65Spx5/february-9th-1925-mobster-johnny-torrio-is-sentenced-by-v0-j51rcd5bc4ie1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Kilindili (India) The coaster sank on a voyage from Mangalore to Malepi with the loss of seventeen lives.
Tosa (Imperial Japanese Navy) The incomplete Tosa-class battleship was scuttled in Saiki Bay in the Bungo Channel under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.

[Jimbuna]

10th February 1925

Chief Turtle, a Blackfeet Nation member from Glacier National Park, was recognized for his distinctive appearance. Portrait artists chose him as a prime Native American example. He was often photographed in a felt hat, bear claw necklace, cloth shirt, and blanket robe.
https://i.postimg.cc/FzsjdTLK/feb-10-1925-chief-turtle-a-blackfeet-nation-member-from-v0-i01vj1ncgcie1.webp (https://postimg.cc/HcRJF43G)

Ship Losses:

Muriel (United Kingdom) The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off Canvey Island, Essex with the loss of one of her two crew.

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11th February 1925

Sergeant Major Jiggs, the United States Marine Corps first mascot, is being rooted for the blue ribbon in the bulldog category in the Westminster Dog Show.
https://i.postimg.cc/ydndCLkF/feb-12-1925-sergeant-major-jiggs-the-united-states-marine-v0-3au5cquhgnie1.webp (https://postimg.cc/ZBBZrFPR)

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19th February 1925

A cannonball safe found in a Louisiana swamp is said to have belonged to the pirate Jean Lafitte.
https://i.postimg.cc/LXz48F5J/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Puren (Chile) The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Valparaíso.

[Jimbuna]

20th February 1925

A mine explosion in Sullivan, Indiana killed 51 coal miners. Another 70 employees either escaped or were rescued.
https://i.postimg.cc/vTG1BXdM/february-20th-1925-a-mine-explosion-in-sullivan-indiana-v0-1sbvh09s59ke1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Asator (Belgium) The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°00′N 03°20′W). She later sank, but her crew were rescued by El Kantara ( France).

[Jimbuna]

21st February 1925

Two men killed, four injured in oil barge explosion near Philadelphia's Schuylkill River.
https://i.postimg.cc/L4jgMTsQ/february-21st-1925-two-men-killed-four-injured-in-oil-barge-v0-s5z650nrrike1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Normanna (Norway) The cargo ship arrived at Tenerife, Canary Isles, Spain with her cargo on fire and was beached.

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22nd February 1925

The British biplane Gloster Gamecock takes its first flight.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y9hks8Yt/february-22nd-1925-the-british-biplane-gloster-gamecock-v0-hevlse7ampke1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Germany: Final ceremony of the Reichsbanner Day (Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold was an organization in defence of the Weimar Republic and its values) in Magdeburg.
https://i.postimg.cc/QxLsfQtr/february-22nd-1925-the-british-biplane-gloster-gamecock-v0-hevlse7ampke1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

The British two-seat touring and training aircraft de Havilland DH.60 Moth takes its first flight.
https://i.postimg.cc/PJYgg7xn/february-22nd-1925-the-british-biplane-gloster-gamecock-v0-hevlse7ampke1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Castlereagh (United Kingdom) The coaster passed Prawle Point, Devon bound for Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.

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23rd February 1925

Major General James Harrison Wilson died in Wilmington, Delaware. He was a Union army corps commander and a member of Gen. Grant's staff. He was 87.
https://i.postimg.cc/T3b22p5x/february-23rd-1925-major-general-james-harrison-wilson-died-v0-wedwov35mwke1.webp (https://postimg.cc/sMVCwfJH)

General formation of troops on Red Square in honor of the seventh anniversary of the Red Army.
https://i.postimg.cc/TwdTc072/february-23rd-1925-major-general-james-harrison-wilson-died-v0-wedwov35mwke1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Caithness (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 8 March.

[Jimbuna]

24th February 1925

Ship Losses:

Boshomaru (Japan) The training ship foundered off the coast of Japan with the loss of six lives.
Galdames (Spain) The cargo ship collided with the quayside at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France and sank.
Koanmaru (Japan) The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Japan.

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25th February 1925

Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois kills himself in his Washington hotel room, despite being in good health earlier that morning, after losing a bid for re-election. He was 47.
https://i.postimg.cc/rpYpyZms/february-25th-1925-senator-medill-mccormick-of-illinois-v0-bdf7dc60mble1.webp (https://postimg.cc/67nKY0Cx)

The Japanese cruiser Furutaka was launched by the Mitsubishi shipyards in Nagasaki.
https://i.postimg.cc/y8L1np0j/february-25th-1925-senator-medill-mccormick-of-illinois-v0-bdf7dc60mble1.webp (https://postimg.cc/18N13HCV)

Hitler's Old Guard celebrating at the entrance to the Bürgerbräukeller following Adolf Hitler's release from prison, the beer hall where the Nazi Party was founded, Munich, Germany.
https://i.postimg.cc/J0CMtfWr/february-25th-1925-senator-medill-mccormick-of-illinois-v0-bdf7dc60mble1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Belita (Norway) The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank at New York, United States.
Cristina Rueda (Spain) The cargo ship sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, with the loss of all hands. Seven lifeboatmen were also lost attempting a rescue. She broke up the next day in a gale and was a total loss.
USS Huron (United States Navy) The Pennsylvania-class cruiser ran aground off Palawayan Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated the next day.
Panama (United States) During a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Santa Anna to Ketchikan with three crewmen and a cargo of 25 tons of fresh herring aboard, the 25-gross register ton, 50.1-foot (15.3 m) fishing vessel sank in three minutes in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago between Cape Camano and Guard Island after her seams opened.

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26th February 1925

German fascist leader Adolf Hitler published an editorial "A New Beginning" in Völkischer Beobachter, promising good behavior & working within the democratic constitution.

George Gill Green, Union surgeon during the American Civil War notable for the sale of the elixir called "L.M. Green," a formula bought from his father, dies in Woodbury, New Jersey at the age of 83.
https://i.postimg.cc/tRFC6Xr3/february-26th-1925-george-gill-green-union-surgeon-during-v0-68dddwl16ile1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Teesdale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea. She was abandoned 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Dutch coast. All her crew were rescued by a Dutch pilot boat.
Winga (France) The cargo ship struck rocks off the Isle of Skye and was beached in Loch Scaur. She was refloated on 12 March.

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28th February 1925

BREAKING: A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern North America, affecting Quebec, Canada, New York, and parts of the US, causing severe damage and 55 aftershocks.
https://i.postimg.cc/cLcv2sSQ/february-28th-1925-breaking-a-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-v0-nl8c013futle1.webp (https://postimg.cc/JsG7BCtn)

Ship Losses:

Montlaurier (Canada) The ocean liner developed a fault in her steering gear whilst on a voyage to Canada. She returned to Cobh, County Cork, Ireland where she was beached and her passengers were taken off. Subsequently refloated and towed to Liverpool, Lancashire for repairs.

Hans Jensen (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 9 March.
Villasandino (Spain) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by British Chancellor ( United Kingdom). She came ashore at Bude.

[Jimbuna]

3rd March 1925

No longer outlawed, Germany's Nazi Party was officially re-established at a convention in the same hall in Munich where Adolf Hitler had launched his failed putsch. With its launch, the organization called itself the Nationalsozialistische Freiheitspartei.
https://i.postimg.cc/HLR2CBv5/february-27-1925-no-longer-outlawed-germanys-nazi-party-was-v0-px309wjs9mle1.webp (https://postimg.cc/wt5JXcpT)

Ship Losses:

James M. Hudson (United States) The barge, being towed by T. J. Hooper ( United States), was lost two miles (3.2 km) south south east of the Boston Light. Lost with all four hands and the captain's daughter.

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4th March 1925

The Federal Probation Act is signed, granting courts the ability to sentence defendants to probation instead of a federal prison sentence following conviction of a crime, as well as creating a form of officers known as probation officers and parole officers.

BREAKING: The second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge and the inauguration of vice president Charles G. Dawes took place in Washington, D.C. It was the first presidential inauguration to be nationally broadcast on radio. He was also sworn in by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
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Ship Losses:

Flevo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean and was abandoned 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Tandjung Priok, Netherlands East Indies with the loss of nine of her crew. Although reported to have sunk, she was towed into Batavia later that day.
Ravenscar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Ingerfire ( Norway) off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached at Sardyngeul. She was refloated on 1 April.

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5th March 1925

Charles Lindbergh, 23, was in a serious flight accident during his pilot training with the U.S. Army Air Service when his SE-5 collided in midair with that of another cadet. Lindbergh parachuted to safety and thus joined the Caterpillar Club.
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6th March 1925

Jersey State parliament passes new property act, granting women equal legal rights as men, abolishing their century-old term "chattel".
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Germany's Foreign Minister Dr. Stresemann proposes German security plan to Allies, sparking criticism from Nationalist Party, who claim they never agreed to Western territorial boundaries and reject the plan.
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7th March 1925

Italian premier Benito Mussolini's health is uncertain due to Fascist government censorship. Rumors suggest he suffered a stroke or hemorrhage, possibly a tumor or ulcer, mirroring Lenin's illness. Only official bulletins can be trusted amid conflicting newspaper reports.
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Alla Nazimova cutting a cake for the 28 year anniversary of Vitagraph Company of America.
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8th March 1925

HMS Exeter Northbound, Gamboa Signal Station, Panama Canal.
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"Gen. Mitchell (center) inspects bombs at Fort Monroe."
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Ship Losses:

Aalsum (Netherlands) The cargo ship collided with Dannedaike ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Although abandoned by her crew, she was later reboarded.

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9th March 1925

US: Governor Miriam Ferguson bans the wearing of masks in public, an anti-Ku Klux Klan move.
https://i.postimg.cc/hvmMpRHp/march-9th-1925-us-governor-miriam-ferguson-bans-the-wearing-v0-j2ds4af5snne1.webp (https://postimg.cc/q6k8vSB3)

Ship Losses:

Schelde (Netherlands) The tug was driven onto the south breakwater at Hook of Holland, Netherlands whilst going to the assistance of Soerakarta ( Netherlands). She sank with the loss of eight of her fifteen crew. The survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.

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10th March 1925

President Calvin Coolidge meets the Indian Republican Club from the Rosebud Reservation.
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Election of the President of the German Reich, the election campaign: followers of the national liberal candidate for presidency Karl Jarres (DVP) on a car passing a Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold brigade on a street in Berlin.
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Ship Losses:

Soerakarta (Netherlands) The cargo ship was driven onto the north breakwater at Hook of Holland. Lifeboats rescued 48 crew, leaving her officers on board. They were rescued the next day. Although salvage operations were reported to have been abandoned on 13 March, she was cut in two. A 350-foot (110 m) section of her 430-foot (130 m) length was refloated by 9 April and towed to Rotterdam. The bow section sank on 16 April and was a total loss.

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11th March 1925

Violet Grantham, the first woman to serve as Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, attending a Japanese Bazaar at Elswick Road Wesleyan Methodist Church.
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Montlake Bridge under construction. Seattle, US.
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Ship Losses:

Phyllis (United Kingdom) The four-masted barque departed Adelaide, South Australia for the United Kingdom. Reported missing on 6 August.
Stella Maris (United Kingdom) The sealer was crushed by ice in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Prospero ( United Kingdom).

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13th March 1925

American motion picture actress during the silent film era, Lucille Ricksen, dies in Los Angeles, California, U.S., aged 14
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Marconi, an experimental rotating radio beacon for ships. Inchkeith Island, Scotland.
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Ship Losses:

Anine (Denmark) The cargo ship passed Gibraltar bound for Civitavecchia, Italy. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.
Phyllis Hudson (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Brake Sands, Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat and she was subsequently towed into Ramsgate, Kent by Aid ( United Kingdom).

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14th March 1925

China: On the death of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek becomes leader of the "Guomindang" (Nationalist Party).
https://i.postimg.cc/VsW9jsb5/march-12th-1925-china-on-the-death-of-sun-yat-sen-chiang-v0-cjwvy7rx89oe1.webp (https://postimg.cc/8ssrGS4V)

Ship Losses:

Kozan Maru No.1 (Japan) The cargo ship departed Chichijima for Shimoda. No further trace.
Modesta (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 26 March.

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15th March 1925

New Mexico has a new state flag. It looks like this:
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Ship Losses:

Erissos (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyos Secos, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Jameson (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyos Secos.

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17th March 1925

Los Angeles' water supply increased by 2.5 million gallons with the opening of Mulholland dam, bringing second-hand water from the Owens River to the city.
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Ship Losses:

Josefita (Spain) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (36°43′N 8°20′W). Her crew were rescued by Knut ( Denmark).

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18th March 1925

BREAKING: The Tri-State Tornado swept through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in 1925, killing at least 751 people, with 234 in Murphysboro, Illinois, making it the deadliest tornado in U.S. History.
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"The graphic scene of the way the tragic tornado struck Princeton, Indiana. All this man had left when the black wind had gone on was his overturned piano, that the wind had been unable to carry away."
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Ship Losses:

Scampolo (Italy) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Tyrrhenian Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Capri.

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20th March 1925

Melted and Damaged Mannequins After a Fire at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London.
https://i.postimg.cc/BbCQz5F7/march-19th-1925-melted-and-damaged-mannequins-after-a-fire-v0-q9dd5shl1ope1.webp (https://postimg.cc/p5pHhFqK)

Ship Losses:

Swona (Norway) The whaler foundered on a voyage from South Georgia to Cape Town, South Africa. Her crew were rescued.
Thyra (Sweden) The cargo ship collided with Ardmore ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 125 nautical miles (232 km) south of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States and sank. Her crew survived.

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21st March 1925

Tennessee Senate passes the Butler Act 24-6, banning teaching of human origin from evolution theory.
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Ship Losses:

Cité de Verdun (France) The steam-trawler struck Rosevear an island in the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly during a snowstorm. The crew of thirty landed, lit a fire and sent distress signals which were answered by the St Mary's lifeboat Elsie ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). The nameboards of the trawler can still be seen in the Mermaid and Atlantic public houses on St Mary's.

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22nd March 1925

Solomon Mogilevsky, head of the Soviet foreign intelligence service dies from a plane crash headed to Sukhumi at the age of 39-40.
https://i.postimg.cc/SQ6yKwvH/march-22nd-1925-solomon-mogilevsky-head-of-the-soviet-v0-kmx2sxmix8qe1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

City of Brisbane (Australia) The iron paddle steamer was scuttled off Sydney Heads on 21 March 1925.

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23rd March 1925

"150,000 Roar Continued Faith To Mussolini. Premier Leave Sick Bed for Fascist Anniversary... scores of thousands of arms were outstretched as if taking an oath."
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Ship Losses:

Notre Dame de Lourdes (France) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°35′N 5°25′W). Some of her seven crew were rescued by Iroise ( France) and others landed at Ouessant in a lifeboat.

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24th March 1925

Ship Losses:

Guipuzcoa (Spain) The cargo ship ran aground at Les Baleines, Loire-Inférieure, France. Her crew were taken off by the tug Atlas ( France) on 26 March and she was declared a total loss on 30 March.

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26th March 1925

Austrian journalist Hugo Bettauer is murdered by a Nazi Party follower on account of his opposition to antisemitism.
https://i.postimg.cc/44L8BmZk/march-26th-1925-austrian-journalist-hugo-bettauer-is-v0-oeu1vjey51re1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

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28th March 1925

Ship Losses:

Ethel (United Kingdom) The coaster capsized and sank in Liverpool Bay. All seven crew were rescued by Harlaw Plain ( United Kingdom).

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30th March 1925

Ship Losses:

Asturiano (Argentina) The cargo liner collided with Buenos Aires ( Argentina) at Puerto San Julian and was beached.
Lavinia (United Kingdom) The coaster ran aground off Norderney, Germany. She was refloated on 5 April.

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31st March 1925

The collapse of a pontoon bridge in Germany killed 67 soldiers of the Reichswehr who drowned while crossing over the Weser river near Minden.
https://i.postimg.cc/RFR1vm0y/march-31st-1925-the-collapse-of-a-pontoon-bridge-in-germany-v0-edh2iwcy70se1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Mazzini (Italy) The cargo ship ran aground on Graciosa, Azores, Portugal. She broke in two on 5 April and was a total loss.

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1st April 1925

Launching of the ocean tug "Mahoe". Ballard, Seattle, US.
https://i.postimg.cc/mgXt9vBf/april-1st-1925-launching-of-the-ocean-tug-mahoe-ballard-v0-9v7ne1d8m8se1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

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5th April 1925

Foundation of the paramilitary Nazi party organization the Schutzstaffel (SS). Originally intended as a personal bodyguard unit for party leader Adolf Hitler, the SS will grow in size and importance.
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Ship Losses:

Cisneros (United Kingdom) The cargo liner caught fire in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Finistère, France, and was abandoned. She was declared a constructive total loss.
Candiano (Italy) The cargo ship caught fire at Brindisi, Libya and was a total loss.

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7th April 1925

Adolf Hitler formally renounces his Austrian citizenship, with an intention of acquiring German Citizenship.
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Ship Losses:

Hachijo Maru (Japan) The cargo ship sank off Hachiji Island.

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8th April 1925

A group of airmen, including John D. Price, made the first planned night landing on a U.S. aircraft carrier when he landed his TS fighter biplane on the USS Langley, which was anchored off of North Island on the coast of California in the U.S.
https://i.postimg.cc/3rb3kbsj/april-8th-1925-a-group-of-airmen-including-john-d-price-v0-vc19k7zrjmte1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Field Marshal von Hindenburg is nominated for President of Germany by Nationalists. (Street rally for Hindenburg in Berlin).
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Ship Losses:

Elizabeth Hyam (United Kingdom) The schooner sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man.

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9th April 1925

Ship Losses:

Bresil (France) The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) of Cap St. James, French Indochina. She broke up and was a total loss.

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12th April 1925

Hu Jingyi (32), Chinese general, warlord and military governor of Henan (1924–25) during the Warlord Era of China, dies suddenly while visiting the Soviet Union.
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Ship Losses:

Folden I (Norway) The cargo ship collided with Volos ( Germany) and sank in the English Channel at a position between the Royal Sovereign Lightvessel ( United Kingdom) and Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Volos.

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22nd April 1925

Ship Losses:

O-2 (Imperial Japanese Navy) The Type U-43 submarine foundered off Japan in a storm. (Some sources claim O-2 was scrapped in 1922.)

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23rd April 1925

President Calvin Coolidge throwing out the first ball.
https://i.postimg.cc/NjK3RcJ3/april-22nd-1925-president-calvin-coolidge-throwing-out-the-v0-ier57jh1shwe1.webp (https://postimg.cc/gxPtPfPs)

Ship Losses:

Raifuku Maru (Japan) The cargo ship sank in a storm in the North Atlantic with the loss of all 38 crew.