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[August 1st, 1924] A larger, more elaborate housing for Lenin's Mausoleum, built from wood, is opened to the public in Moscow. Previously, a temporary structure has housed Lenin's body.
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[August 4th, 1924] The first Women's International and British Games, also called the "Women's Olympiad", is held in London with women from six European nations (Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Switzerland at the UK) competing.
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[August 6th, 1924] "Photographed just after their return from Europe, to-day, our photo shows Eileen Riggin, Gertrude Ederle and Helwn Wainright, Olympic Swimming Team members. They are members of the New York Young Women's Swimming Association."
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[August 5th, 1924] The German delegation, including Chancellor Wilhelm Marx and Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, join the London reparations conference.
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[August 4th, 1924] For the Malik bookstore in Berlin, John Heartfield creates his first photomontage with a contemporary history theme: “After ten years – Fathers and Sons 1924”.
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