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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed
Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March
16 1924 |
Milan-San
Remo |
Pietro
Linari (Ita) |
287
km |
| March
23, 1924 |
Tour
of Flanders |
Gerard
Debaets (Bel) |
284
km |
| April
6, 1924 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Jules
Van Hevel (Bel) |
270
km |
| August
10, 1924 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Rene
Vermandel (Bel) |
245
km |
| May
10-June 1, 1924 |
Giro
d'Italia |
Giuseppe
Enrici (Ita) |
12 Stages,
3,609 km |
| June 22-July 20, 1924 |
Tour
de France |
Ottavio
Bottechia (Ita) |
15
Stages, 5,425 km |
| November
9, 1924 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Giovanni
Brunero (Ita) |
Milan-Milan,
250.4 km |
- France - The first Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamomix, France.
Originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports
Week"), it was held in association with France’s 1924 Summer Olympics.
- Hollywood - The creation of the Walt Disney Studios.
- USA - John
Edgar Hoover was appointed Director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation
(FBI).
- Italy - The first freeway was built in Italy, 85 km from Milan to
Varese.
- Music - George Gershwin composed the classic Rhapsody in Blue.
- USA
Holiday - New York City hosted the first Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade. Originally called the "Macy's Christmas
Parade," the event was held
every year in New York City starting at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard
Time) on Thanksgiving Day.
Notable
Deaths-
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, 1870-1924, he was known
as Lenin,
a Russian revolutionary and the first leader of the U.S.S.R. He died
after a series of strokes on January 21, 1924.
1923
1925
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