February 1924
The following events occurred in February 1924:
- Woodrow Wilson died in his Washington, D.C. home at 11:15 in the morning.[4]
- The Soviet Union welcomed Britain's diplomatic recognition of the USSR as an "historic step" and pledged to "make every effort to settle all misunderstandings and develop and consolidate economic relations."[8]
- Germany and Turkey signed a Treaty of Friendship.[2]
- Died: Woodrow Wilson, 67, 28th President of the United States
- The defense began calling witnesses in the Joe Jackson-White Sox trial. former chief justice Charles McDonald, who was in charge of the grand jury that investigated the Black Sox scandal in 1920, testified that Joe Jackson had admitted to him that he'd participated in the plot to throw the 1919 World Series. The foreman of that grand jury also took the stand and testified that the records as read were accurate.[9]
- Austria formally recognized the Soviet Union.[10]
- Born: Dorothy Harrell, baseball player, in Los Angeles (d. 2011)
- The Winter Olympics closed in Chamonix, France. Norway and Sweden tied for the most gold medals with four each, but Norway won 17 total medals to Finland's 11.
- Mexican rebels retreated from their former stronghold of Veracruz when federal troops won a crucial victory at Córdoba.[11]
- The government of British India released Mahatma Gandhi from prison two years into his six-year sentence, citing "reasons of health".[12][13]
- Depositions from Billy Maharg and Lefty Williams were read in court in the Joe Jackson-White Sox trial. Neither player said they'd recalled Jackson accepting money to throw the World Series.[14]
- A controversy broke out over the German embassy in Washington, D.C. not offering any condolences over the death of Wilson nor flying its flag at half mast. The embassy issued a statement saying it would fly its flag at half-mast the next day in observance of the national mourning on the day of Wilson's funeral.[15]
- Woodrow Wilson was buried in the Washington National Cathedral.[16]
- Demonstrators raised disturbances outside the German embassy in Washington. About 200 taxi drivers walked onto its lawn, planted an American flag and saluted it amid cheers and pistol shots.[17]
- Mexican rebel leader Adolfo de la Huerta and his staff withdrew by boat to Mérida, Yucatán after federal troops recaptured the key city of Veracruz.[18]
- Sportswriter Hugh Fullerton took the stand in the Joe Jackson-White Sox trial to testify about the evidence he had when he wrote about the Black Sox scandal. Fullerton testified that what he wrote was based on rumors and that he'd tried for several months to get more tangible evidence of the conspiracy, to no avail.[19]
- Italy formally recognized the Soviet Union.[2]
- The United States Senate passed a resolution by a vote of 47 to 34 calling on President Coolidge to remove Edwin Denby as Secretary of the Navy over his role in the Teapot Dome scandal. Coolidge issued a formal statement that evening saying he would ignore the resolution. "As soon as special counsel can advise me as to the legality of these leases and assemble for me the pertinent facts in the various transactions, I shall take such action as seems essential for the full protection of the public interests", the statement read.[24]
- Died: Jean-François Raffaëlli, 74, French painter, sculptor and printmaker
- German nationalists launched an attack on the headquarters of Rhineland separatists in Pirmasens, smashing their way into the building and setting it ablaze while snipers set up outside to shoot at the separatists. At least 36 died in the fighting and the blaze, with most of the casualties on the separatist side. An elderly woman bystander was also killed by a stray bullet.[28]
- An assembly for British fascists was staged at the Hotel Cecil in London to meet and discuss common goals. It was the first fascist event ever held in public in the United Kingdom. About 500 black-shirted Britons and Italian expatriates attended.[29]
- Happy Felsch was arrested for perjury over his testimony of the previous day. Felsch posted his own $2,000 bail and was released.[30]
- Howard Carter abruptly suspended work on Tutankhamun's tomb and had it resealed, "owing to the impossible restrictions and discourtesies on the part of the public works department and its antiquity section." The dispute was reportedly about media access rights.[31]
- In Milwaukee, after the jury retired for deliberations in the Joe Jackson-White Sox case, Jackson was asked to the witness stand and then arrested for perjury. "I commit Jackson to jail for perjury in this court in connection with the testimony he gave under oath before the Chicago grand jury. When the jury reports I shall have something more to say in connection with this case", Judge John J. Gregory told the court.[32] Jackson was freed on $5,000 bail.[33]
- Mexican federal troops inflicted another defeat on rebels near Paloverde southwest of Pénjamo.[34]
- The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) renamed itself the International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM.[35]
- Part 1 of the Fritz Lang fantasy film Die Nibelungen premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.[36]
- Born: Juan Ponce Enrile, politician, in Gonzaga, Cagayan, Philippines
- Vermont Senator Frank L. Greene was walking along Pennsylvania Avenue with his wife at night when he was shot in the head by a stray bullet during a shootout between Prohibition enforcement agents and bootleggers.[37]
- The jury in the Joe Jackson-White Sox case awarded Jackson over $16,000 in unpaid salary. However, Judge Gregory declared that the plaintiff's case was based on perjury and threw the jury's ruling out.[38] Jackson was triumphant at the verdict despite it being overruled.[39]
- Nearly 200,000 British dock workers went on strike.[40]
- German artist George Grosz was fined 500 gold marks (6,000 marks) when a collection of his drawings depicting the decadence of Berlin society was ruled obscene by the court.[41][42]
- Born: Ray Gunkel, professional wrestler, in Chicago (d. 1972)
- Died: John William Kendrick, 70, American railroad executive; Wilhelm Schmidt, 65, German engineer and inventor
- British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald warned against profiteers extracting "unjust prices" during the dock worker's strike. "The cabinet hopes this notice will have the effect of stopping these increases, but in the meantime it has asked that law officers consider the powers of the government in this matter and draft such emergency measures as may be necessary to prevent exploitation of the consumers owing to the present strike", he said.[44]
- An initial outline of the Dawes committee's financial plan was presented to French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré in Paris.[45]
- Born: Lee Marvin, actor, in New York City (d. 1987)
- French military leaders objected to a clause in the Dawes proposal that would return the railroads in the occupied Ruhr region to German control.[46]
- Born: Gerson Goldhaber, particle physicist, in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 2010); Gloria Vanderbilt, artist, actress, fashion designer and socialite, in New York City
- Mexican federal troops defeated rebels in a battle fought in an oil region in the state of Tamaulipas.[54]
- The Beverly Hills Speedway hosted its final race, attended by 85,000. The track was torn down afterward because the rapidly increasing real estate values had rendered the track an uneconomical use of property. Harlan Fengler broke the world record for a 250-mile race, averaging 116.6 miles per hour.[55]
- British dock workers voted to accept the offer of their employers to receive a raise of 1 shilling-per-day plus an additional shilling on June 1.[56]
- Erich Ludendorff took the stand in his defense in the trial at Munich. He gave a long justification of the reasons for attempting the putsch, explaining, "We want a Germany free of Marxism, semitism, and papal influences."[62]
- Born: Al Rosen, baseball player, in Spartanburg, South Carolina
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