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The 100th anniversary of the birth of American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor Truman Capote falls on September 30. He is especially remembered for the novella 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1958) and the true crime novel 'In Cold Blood' (1966).
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, was born in 1924. The former peanut farmer will celebrate his 100th birthday on October 1. He is already the longest-lived president in US history.
One of the highest-grossing films of 1924 was 'The Navigator,' starring Buster Keaton. The movie premiered on October 13 at the Capitol Theater in New York. Critically praised, Keaton later said that it was his best-ever picture.
In 1924, German psychiatrist Dr. Hans Berger invented the first human electroencephalogram, or the EEG. His announcement was initially met with skepticism, and it was five years later before he actually published his technique for recording the electrical activity of the human brain from the surface of the head.
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in 1924 in New York City. By 1928, giant, helium-filled balloons had replaced live zoo animals along the route.
On November 23, 1924, American astronomer Edwin Hubble announced his discovery that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy. He further stunned the scientific community by declaring that the Milky Way is one of many such galaxies in the universe.
Giacomo Puccini, the Italian composer known for renowned works such as 'La bohème' (1896), 'Tosca' (1900), 'Madama Butterfly' (1904), died on November 29, 1924.
Often considered the father of Portuguese democracy, Mário Soares, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996, was born on December 7, 1924.
Hunted to extinction, what was thought to be a California grizzly bear was spotted in Sequoia National Park for the last time, in 1924. The bear remains the symbol of the state flag of California.