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  • U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 18, 1924
    Anna May Wong

    Wong was cast in a supporting role in The Thief of Bagdad

    U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 18, 1924

    At the age of 19, Wong was cast in a supporting role as a scheming Mongol slave in the 1924 Douglas Fairbanks picture The Thief of Bagdad. Playing a stereotypical "Dragon Lady" role, her brief appearances on-screen caught the attention of audiences and critics alike.




  • England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Mar 19, 1924
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill stood as an independent anti-socialist candidate in the Westminster Abbey by-election

    England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Mar 19, 1924

    On 19 March 1924, alienated by Liberal support for Labour, Churchill stood as an independent anti-socialist candidate in the Westminster Abbey by-election but was defeated.




  • Tokyo, Japan
    Mar, 1924
    Yasunari Kawabata

    Graduation

    Tokyo, Japan
    Mar, 1924

    Kawabata graduated in 1924, by which time he had already caught the attention of Kikuchi Kan, a Japanese author, and other noted writers and editors through his submissions to Kikuchi's literary magazine, the Bungei Shunju.




  • U.S.
    Mar, 1924
    Anna May Wong

    Anna May Wong Productions

    U.S.
    Mar, 1924

    In March 1924, planning to make films about Chinese myths, she signed a deal creating Anna May Wong Productions; when her business partner was found to be engaging in dishonest practices, Wong brought a lawsuit against him and the company was dissolved.




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