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  1. Anna May Wong

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

    Tuesday Mar 18, 1924U.S.

    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.

  2. Winston Churchill

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

    Wednesday Mar 19, 1924England, United Kingdom

    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.

  3. Yasunari Kawabata

    Graduation

    Mar, 1924Tokyo, Japan

    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.

  4. Anna May Wong

    Anna May Wong Productions

    Mar, 1924U.S.

    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.

  5. Anna May Wong

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

    Tuesday Mar 18, 1924U.S.

    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.

  6. Winston Churchill

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

    Wednesday Mar 19, 1924England, United Kingdom

    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.

  7. Yasunari Kawabata

    Graduation

    Mar, 1924Tokyo, Japan

    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.

  8. Anna May Wong

    Anna May Wong Productions

    Mar, 1924U.S.

    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.