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United States 2/8/1924 Capital Punishment by Gas The first execution using gas in the US was perfomed in Nevada.United States 2/14/1924 IBM Formed The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in New York rebranded itself as International Business Machines or IBM.United States 4/16/1924 MGM Founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded in Los Angeles.United States 5/10/1924 J Edgar Hoover Appointed to FBI J Edgar Hoover was appointed as the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.United States 9/28/1924 Aerial Circumnavigation US Army pilots John Harding and Erik Nelson completed the first aerial circumnavigation in Seattle, WA after 175 days.United States 12/24/1924 Fire Kills Children A fire at a Christmas celebration in Babbs, OK killed 36 people - mostly children.United States 12/30/1924 Andromeda Galaxy Astronomer Edwin Hubble announced that Andromeda is another galaxy similar to the Milky Way and not a nebula as was previously thought. American President Calvin Coolidge (8/2/1923-3/4/1929) British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (1/22/1924-11/4/1924) German President Friedrich Ebert (2/11/1919-2/28/1925)