1924 in Romania
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Events from the year 1924 in Romania. The year saw the first time that the country competed as a team in the Summer Olympic Games, and, although the country won no medals, Romania went on to enter every subsequent game apart from 1932 Summer Olympics.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1 January – The Aeronautica Regală Română (ARR), or Romanian Royal Aeronautics, is founded.[3]
- 29 March – Rioters in Bucharest target Jews in anti-semitic attacks that continued through the night into the next morning.[4]
- 3 April – The Italian government issues Romania with an ultimatum requiring a payment of 80 million Italian lira for outstanding debts. Several Regia Marina warships are stationed off the port of Constanța to back up the demand.[5]
- 10 April – King Ferdinand and Queen Marie arrive in Paris on a royal visit. Though officially only a friendly visit, it was believed that Romania was seeking an alliance with France as a counter to unfriendly relations with Italy, Russia and Spain.[6]
- 11 April – The Romanian government bans the Romanian Communist Party.[7]
- 16 April – Romania announces it has settled its debts with Italy.[8]
- 27 May – The Romania national football team compete for the first time in the 1924 Summer Olympics. They are defeated 6–0 by the Netherlands.[9]
- 29 May – An ammunition depot explodes in Cotroceni, causing $3 million damage to the Royal Palace and other buildings.[10]
- 5 July – Romania enters the Summer Olympics for the first time as a team. Although the team does not receive any medals, the country goes on to compete in every game apart from the 1932 games .[11]
- 10 August – Romania is one of the nine countries represented at the first First International Silent Games held in Paris.[12]
- 12 October – The declaration of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic heightens tensions between Moldovans and Romanians.[13]
- 25 November – The Bucharest government vote one million lei to construct a crematorium.[14]
- 23 December – Nicolae Bretan's opera Golem is first performed at the Hungarian Theater in Cluj.[15]
Births
[edit]- 2 January – Victor Mercea, nuclear physicist (died 1987).
- 15 February – Kemal Karpat, historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (died 2019).
- 20 February – Eugen Barbu, novelist, short story writer, and journalist (died 1993).[16]
- 8 March – Alma Redlinger, painter and illustrator (died 2017).[17]
- 15 June – Hédi Szmuk, Swedish-Romanian author and psychologist, survivor of Nazi concentration camps (died 2022).[18]
- 15 August – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet (died 1942).[19]
- 26 August – Elena Moldovan Popoviciu, mathematician (died 2009).[20]
- 8 September – Solange d'Herbez de la Tour, architect.[21]
- 5 October – Marianne Fillenz, neuroscientist (died 2012).[22]
- 27 November – Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru, pen name Nina Cassian, children's author, journalist, poet, translator and film critic (died 2014).[23]
- 17 December – Alexander Bickel, legal scholar and expert on the United States Constitution (died 1974).[24]
Deaths
[edit]- 15 April – Eduard Caudella, composer (born 1841).[25]
- 19 October – Iancu Flondor, politician who advocated the Union of Bukovina with Romania (born 1865).[26]
- 22 October – Wilhelm Knechtel, botanist and numismatist (born 1837).[27]
References
[edit]- ^ Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iași: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
- ^ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
- ^ "Anul 1920" [Year 1920]. www.roaf.ro (in Romanian). Bucharest: Forțele Aeriene Române. 2022. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
- ^ Fendrick, Raymond (31 March 1924). "Stones for Jews, Cheers for Ford in Bucharest". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 12.
- ^ "Italy and Russia Menace Unity of Roumania". Chicago Daily Tribune. 4 April 1924. p. 14.
- ^ "Roumanian King in Paris for Aid Against Russia". Chicago Daily Tribune. 11 April 1924. p. 7.
- ^ Lomellini, Valentine (2021). The Rise of Bolshevism and Its Impact on the Interwar International Order. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 73. ISBN 978-3-03035-529-6.
- ^ "Roumania Settles Trade Debts with Italians". Chicago Daily Tribune. 17 April 1924. p. 11.
- ^ "FULL TIME: NETHERLANDS 6-0 ROMANIA". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022.
- ^ Nash, Jay Robert (1976). Darkest Hours: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Worldwide Disasters from Ancient Times to the Present. Chicago: Nelson-Hall. p. 658. ISBN 978-0-88229-140-6.
- ^ Mallon, Bill (1988). The Olympic Record Book. New York: Garland Publishers. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-82402-948-7.
- ^ Bailey, Steve (2010). Athlete First: A History of the Paralympic Movement. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-47072-431-6.
- ^ King, Charles (2001). The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-81799-791-5.
- ^ Rotar, Marius (2013). History of Modern Cremation in Romania. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publications. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-44384-542-7.
- ^ Gagelmann, Hartmut (2000). Nicolae Bretan, His Life, His Music, Volume 1. New York: Pendragon Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-57647-021-3.
- ^ Stroynowski, Juliusz (1989). Who's who in the Socialist Countries of EuropeA Bio; graphical Encyclopedia of More Than 12,600 Leading Personalities in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia Volume 1. Munich: Saur. p. 60. ISBN 978-3-59810-719-1.
- ^ Kay, Ernest (1976). International Who's who in Art and Antiques. Cambridge: Melrose Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-90033-237-1.
- ^ Buggeln, Marc (2014). Slave Labor in Nazi Concentration Camps. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-19870-797-4.
- ^ Greif, Stefan; Kurultay, Tugay; Roßbach, Nikola (2020). Kein Ende des Gerüchts: Antisemitismus in Kultur und Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts [No End to the Rumour: Antisemitism in culture and literature of the 20th and 21st centuries] (in German). Kassel: Kassel University Press. ISBN 978-3-73760-907-4.
- ^ Andonie, George Ștefan (1987). Istoria matematicii în România [The History of Hathematics in Romania]. Vol. 3. Bucharest: Editura Stiințifică. p. 287. OCLC 923247868.
- ^ Kay, Ernest (1992). International Who's who of Professional and Business Women. Cambridge: International Biographic Center. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-90033-298-2.
- ^ Grant, John (1971). Who's who of British Scientists. London: Longman. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-58211-464-7.
- ^ Colby, Vineta (1995). World Authors, 1985-1990. New York: H.W. Wilson. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-82420-875-2.
- ^ Raffel, Jeffrey A. (1998). Historical Dictionary of School Segregation and Desegregation. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-31329-502-7.
- ^ Cosma, Viorel (1970). Muzicieni români: Compozitori și muzicologi [Romanian Musicians: Composers and Musicologists] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor. p. 105. OCLC 940280411.
- ^ Stoica, Stan (2008). Dicționar Biografic de Istorie a României [Biographical Dictionary of Romanian History] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Meronia. p. 343. ISBN 978-9-73783-939-8.
- ^ Rogers, Robert W. (1926). Heffner, Edward H. (ed.). "Archaeological News: Notes on Recent Excavations and Discoveries". American Journal of Archaeology. 30 (1): 100. doi:10.2307/497934. JSTOR 497934.
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