January 1924

Monday 07:

George Gershwin completes Rhapsody in Blue.

Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.

Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister.

St. Petersburg, Russia is renamed Leningrad.

The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.

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