Timeline May 1924

Events in May 1924 5

• 1924 1924 Summer Olympics VIII Olympiad - Paris First Games to feature the closing ceremony. Winner: USA.
• 1924 J. Edgar Hoover named head of the Bureau of Investigation Appointment begins a tenure that would last 48 years Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed J. Edgar Hoover acting director of the Bureau of Investigation on 10 May 1924. Hoover reshaped the agency, later renamed the FBI, and led it until his death in 1972.
• 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder Bobby Franks Chicago "crime of the century" ends in life sentences Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two wealthy University of Chicago students, murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks on 21 May 1924 in a case that became a national sensation. Defended by Clarence Darrow, both were sentenced to life imprisonment rather than execution on 10 September 1924.
• 1924 – 2018 Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) Died 1 October 2018, aged 94 French-Armenian singer, songwriter and actor who recorded in several languages and sold hundreds of millions of records over a seven-decade career. He was widely regarded as one of France's most important cultural figures. He also worked as a diplomat representing Armenia internationally.
• 1924 Immigration Act of 1924 signed into law US law imposed strict national-origin quotas President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act on 26 May, sharply restricting immigration and setting quotas based on 1890 census nationality data. It effectively barred immigration from Asia and sharply curtailed arrivals from Southern and Eastern Europe.