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Events in February 1924 9
1856 – 1924Woodrow Wilson28th President — led US in WWI, founded League of NationsWoodrow Wilson (Dec 28, 1856 – Feb 3, 1924) was the 28th President 1913-1921. He led the US through World War I, proposed the League of Nations, and won the Nobel Peace Prize. He suffered a debilitating stroke in 1919.
1924Rhapsody in Blue premieres in New YorkGershwin's jazz-influenced concert piece debuts at Aeolian HallGeorge Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue premiered on 12 February 1924 in an orchestral arrangement by Paul Whiteman's band. The piece fused jazz idioms with concert-hall form and became one of the best-known American orchestral works of the century.
1924CTR renamed International Business MachinesThomas Watson renames the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company to International Business Machines Corporation on 14 February 1924 — a name that projects global ambition far beyond the company's current size. IBM at the time has revenues of $11 million and 3,000 employees. The name change signals Watson's determination to build a global enterprise. The IBM acronym and the associated culture of professionalism, reliability and customer service will define the company for a century.
1924International Business Machines foundedComputing-Tabulating-Recording Company renamed IBMOn 14 February 1924, Thomas J. Watson renamed the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company as International Business Machines. IBM went on to become one of the dominant technology companies of the 20th century.
1924 – 2006David BronsteinCreative Soviet grandmasterDavid Bronstein nearly became World Champion in 1951 and became famous for imaginative and original attacking ideas.
1924 – 1987Lee Marvin (1924-1987)Died 29 August 1987, aged 63Marvin was an American actor known for tough-guy roles in films including The Dirty Dozen and Cat Ballou, for which he won an Academy Award. A decorated Marine Corps veteran of the Second World War, he was also the defendant in a landmark palimony lawsuit. He died in Tucson, Arizona.
1924 – 2019Robert Mugabe (1924-2019)Died 6 September 2019, aged 95Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe as prime minister and then president from independence in 1980 until he was forced from power in a 2017 military coup. His early land reforms and later authoritarian rule and economic mismanagement left a deeply contested legacy. He died in a Singapore hospital.
1924Hitler tried for the Beer Hall PutschFailed 1923 coup leader gets lenient sentence and writes Mein Kampf in prisonAdolf Hitler stood trial in Munich from 26 February to 1 April 1924 for his role in the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Convicted of treason but sentenced to only five years, he served under nine months at Landsberg Prison, where he dictated much of Mein Kampf, and was released on 20 December 1924.