senator Herbert Payne results in the passing of the Commonwealth Electoral (Compulsory Voting) Act 1924. The Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity is founded at the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, Chicago. October 12–15 – Zeppelin LZ-126 makes a transatlantic delivery flight from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jersey. October 15 – The first Surrealist Manifesto is published, in which André Breton defines the movement as "pure psychic automatism". October 18 – Sweden's Prime Minister Ernst Trygger and his cabinet, is replaced by Hjalmar Branting and his third and last government. October 19 – Abdul Aziz declares himself protector of holy places in Mecca. October 22 – The Toastmasters Club is founded. October 24 – English footballer Dixie Dean scores a hat-trick for Tranmere Rovers F.C. to become the youngest ever player to score three goals for The Superwhites. October 25 The British press publishes the Zinoviev letter, released the previous day by the Foreign Office. This purports to be a directive from Grigory Zinoviev, head of the Communist International in Moscow, to the Communist Party of Great Britain. Authorities of the British Raj in India arrest Subhas Chandra Bose and jail him for the next 2 years. Osaka Metal Industry, predecessor of Daikin, a global air conditioner brand, is founded in Japan. October 27 – The Uzbek SSR joins the Soviet Union. November November – The last known sighting of a California grizzly bear is recorded, by Colonel John R. White at Sequoia National Park. November 4 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States. 1924 United States presidential election: Republican Calvin Coolidge defeats Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive Robert M. La Follette Sr. November 10 – The Trial of the 149 begins in Estonia, eventually resulting in the conviction of 129 communists, including several members of the Riigikogu. November 21 – Ali Fethi Okyar forms a new government in Turkey (3rd government). November 26 – The Mongolian People's Republic is proclaimed. December December 1 The Soviet-backed communist 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt fails in Estonia. George Gershwin's musical Lady Be Good (book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and including the number "Fascinating Rhythm") has its Broadway premiere in New York City. December 19 – German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for the murder and dismemberment of at least 24 young males in