World Events

Posted in 1924

  • Lenin DiesDeath of Lenin, the founder of Soviet Russia: The provincial lawyer turned political agitator, dies after a long illness, aged 54. His body is to be embalmed for permanent public display. Joseph Stalin succeeds him.
  • Mussolini introduces press censorship in Italy.
  • Excavations in Egypt uncover the earliest surviving stone buildings on earth.

 

 

 

Joseph Stalin