1924
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1924 is the 924th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1920s decade.
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Art and culture
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Events
- André Breton publishes the Surrealist Manifesto
- Inversions, the first French gay journal is published.
- Heroin illegal in USA in the Anti-Heroin Act of 1924
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Film
- The Inhuman Woman by Marcel L'Herbier
- Aelita by Yakov Protazanov
- The Hands of Orlac by Robert Wiene
- Ballet Mécanique by Dudley Murphy and Fernand Léger premiered on September 24
- Entr'acte by René Clair
- Symphonie diagonale by Viking Eggeling
- Sherlock Jr. with Buster Keaton
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Art
- Adam and Eve, tableau vivant of nude Marcel Duchamp and Bronia Perlmutter
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Photography
- Krieg dem Kriege by Ernst Friedrich.
- Le Violon d'Ingres, photo by Man Ray
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Literature
- Corydon by André Gide
- "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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Philosophy
- Hierarchy of Cuckoldry by Charles Fourier
- Boredom by Siegfried Kracauer
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Births
- January 1 - Arthur Danto, American art critic (d. 2013)
- February 19 – André Popp, composer, arranger and screenwriter (d. 2014)
- May 24 – Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter (d. 2022)
- Rudy Van Gelder (1924 - 2016)
- Yasuzo Masumura (1924 - 1986)
- Marcel Broodthaers (1924 - 1976)
- Ed Wood, Jr. (1924 - 1978)
- Marcello Mastroianni (1924 - 1996)
- Teruo Ishii (1924 - 2005)
- Vilgot Sjöman (1924 - 2006)
- Robert J. Stoller (1924 – 1991)
- Terry Southern (1924 - 1995)
- Marlon Brando (1924 - 2004)
- Louis Vax (1924 - 2020)
- Maurice Jarre (1924 – 2009)
- Reuben Sturman (1924 - 1997)
- François Caradec (1924 – 2008)
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Deaths
- Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
- Franz von Bayros (1866 - 1924)
- September 24 - Alexandre Lacassagne, French physician and criminologist (d. 1843)
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