Events from the year 1924 in Romania. The year saw the first time that the country competed as a team in the
Summer Olympic Games, and, although the country won no medals, Romania went on to enter every subsequent game apart from
1932 Summer Olympics.
29 March – Rioters in
Bucharest target Jews in
anti-semitic attacks that continued through the night into the next morning.[4]
3 April – The Italian government issues Romania with an ultimatum requiring a payment of 80 million
Italian lira for outstanding debts. Several Regia Marina warships are stationed off the port of
Constanța to back up the demand.[5]
10 April – King Ferdinand and Queen
Marie arrive in Paris on a royal visit. Though officially only a friendly visit, it was believed that Romania was seeking an alliance with France as a counter to unfriendly relations with Italy, Russia and Spain.[6]
29 May – An ammunition depot explodes in
Cotroceni, causing $3 million damage to the
Royal Palace and other buildings.[10]
5 July – Romania enters the
Summer Olympics for the first time as a team. Although the team does not receive any medals, the country goes on to compete in every game apart from the
1932 games .[11]
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^Stroynowski, Juliusz (1989). Who's who in the Socialist Countries of EuropeA Bio; graphical Encyclopedia of More Than 12,600 Leading Personalities in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia Volume 1. Munich: Saur. p. 60.
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^Greif, Stefan; Kurultay, Tugay; Roßbach, Nikola (2020). Kein Ende des Gerüchts: Antisemitismus in Kultur und Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts [No End to the Rumour: Antisemitism in culture and literature of the 20th and 21st centuries] (in German). Kassel:
Kassel University Press.
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^Andonie, George Ștefan (1987). Istoria matematicii în România [The History of Hathematics in Romania]. Vol. 3. Bucharest: Editura Stiințifică. p. 287.
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^Kay, Ernest (1992). International Who's who of Professional and Business Women. Cambridge: International Biographic Center. p. 186.
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