May 1924

Sunday 04:

The 1924 Summer Olympics open in Paris, France.

Saturday 10:

J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.

Wednesday 21:

University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing."

Tuesday 27:

The Music Corporation of America (MCA) is founded.

Saturday 31:

The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect