The U.S. Immigration Act of 1924 was signed into law.
The Battle of Turubah was fought between the Kingdom of Hejaz and the Sultanate of Nejd. The defeat of Hajaz by the Saudi forces of Nejd paved the way for modern Saudi Arabia.
Wilhelm Marx resigned as Chancellor of Germany.
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Following the Turkish Assemblies abolishment of the caliphate, Hussein bin Ali, King of the Hejaz and Sharif of Mecca, was proclaimed the Caliph of all Muslims by Muslim leaders in Mesopotamia and Transjordania. Global Muslim reaction was mostly negative and it didn't take. This date is somewhat disputed, and it could have taken place a couple of days earlier, or later.
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Harding drove in a golden spike on the Alaska Railroad at Nenana, a town near Fairbanks.
Harding was really putting in the miles, and saw a great deal of Alaska during his trip, at a point in time at which it was fairly difficult to do so.
The most dangerous major airline in the world, Aeroflot, saw its birth when its predecessor, Dobrolet, began operations with a flight from Moscow to Nizhny.
Egypt banned its citizens from making the Hajj in reaction to the King of Hejaz barring an Egyptian medical mission which was part of it. The latter was done as an assertion of sovereignty by the Kingdom, which was not long to remain.
Interesting effort at prohibiting divorce after remarriage as well. In an era when shacking up was generally illegal, that would have had real implications.
Seems harsh to most, I suppose (although I'm not sure that I don't agree with the proposal, which of course went nowhere, and would go nowhere now).
Prince Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, son of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, met with Herbert Kitchener, British Governor General of Egypt and the Sudan, in Cairo. While the Great War had not yet arrived, the topic was potential British support against the Turks in response to their moves against Hejaz, which was independent at the time, but which was unfortunately absorbed by Saudi Arabia after World War One.
The British were no committal, but communications were kept open.
Alistair MacKay and three other members of the shipwrecked Canadian Arctic Expedition left their camp with a full stocked sled of supplies in an effort to find land. They were spotted three days later by Karluk ship steward Ernest Chafe and the Inuit members of the party who were on a return mission from Herald Island. They had been checking on a four-man scouting team. Thereafter, they were never seen alive again.
