1924

1924 Fascinating Rhythm

Song

This famous song Fascinating Rhythm comes from Lady, Be Good!, the equally famous show of 1924, starring Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele, which opened on Broadway right in the middle of the post–World War I period. Among the events on the international scene in 1924: Stalin’s ascendance to power;Continue Reading

September 30, 1888: Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. Stride’s body was discovered at about 1 a.m. in Dutfield’s Yard, off Berner Street, and Eddowes’ body was found in Mitre Square in the City of London, three-quarters of an hour after Stride’s

Martha Turner is found stabbed to death in Whitechapet, possibly Jack the Ripper’s first victim. – Theophilus van Kannelof Philadi’Iphia patents the revolving door