Timeline September 1924

Events in September 1924 8

• 1924 First aerial circumnavigation of the globe completed US Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers finish round-the-world flight Four US Army biplanes set out from Seattle on 6 April 1924 to attempt the first flight around the world; two completed the journey, landing back in Seattle on 28 September 1924. The flight demonstrated the growing feasibility of long-distance aviation.
• 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 – 1925 Fletcher Henderson Orchestra -- New York Armstrong joins the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra in New York in September 1924 -- the leading Black dance band in the country, playing at the Roseland Ballroom. His arrival transforms the Henderson band: his hot, swinging style is unlike anything the more formally trained New York musicians have heard. He introduces the New York jazz scene to the New Orleans conception of jazz -- rhythmically looser, more improvisational, more blues-inflected. His recordings with Henderson and as a sideman with blues singers including Bessie Smith document his already extraordinary maturity. He returns to Chicago in late 1925.
• 1924 – 2000 Tom Landry (1924-2000) Died 12 February 2000, aged 75 Tom Landry was the founding head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, leading the team for 29 seasons from 1960 and winning two Super Bowls. Recognisable by the fedora on the sideline, he was credited with popularising the 4-3 defence and the modern shotgun formation. His run of twenty straight winning seasons is an NFL record.
• 1924 – 2014 Lauren Bacall (1924-2014) Died 12 August 2014, aged 89 Lauren Bacall, the sultry-voiced Hollywood star known for "To Have and Have Not" and her marriage to Humphrey Bogart, died in New York. She won an honorary Academy Award in 2009 for her body of work. She remained active in film and theater throughout her long career.
• 1924 – 1925 Heisenberg goes to Copenhagen on a Rockefeller fellowship Seven months with Bohr, to 1 May 1925 The institute where the interpretation of quantum mechanics would be argued out.
• 1924 – 1996 Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) Died 19 December 1996, aged 72 Marcello Mastroianni was an Italian actor celebrated for his roles in Federico Fellini films including "La Dolce Vita" and "8½." He received three Academy Award nominations and was one of the most internationally recognized European film stars of his era. He died in Paris of pancreatic cancer.
• 1924 – 1984 Truman Capote (1924-1984) Died 25 August 1984, aged 59 American writer Truman Capote, author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, died in Los Angeles. His nonfiction novel In Cold Blood is credited with helping to establish the true crime genre.