The month of August has been home to many historical events over the years. Here’s a look at some that helped to shape the world in August 1924.

Three people were killed and 10 others were injured when a boiler fire erupted on the French battleship Courbet on Aug. 1. The Courbet survived the fire and was eventually utilized during World War II.

Boca Raton, Florida, was incorporated as Bocaratone on Aug. 2. The name was changed to Boca Raton less than a year later.

John Carroll O’Connor was born on Aug. 2 in Manhattan. O’Connor became one of the most memorable television actors of all time, notably portraying Archie Bunker in the sitcoms “All in the Family” and “Archie Bunker’s Place” in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Berlin Jews held a memorial service for Jewish soldiers who died during World War I on Aug. 3. The Jewish service took place after a Jewish preacher was forbidden from delivering a prayer during a similar service held outside the Reichstag commemorating German soldiers who died during the war.

Women from six European nations competed in the first Women’s International and British Games in London on Aug. 4. The competition was held because track and field events at the Summer Olympics were limited to men only.

Confidence man Charles Ponzi was released from prison in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Aug. 6. Ponzi served less than four years of a five-year sentence for financial crimes.

Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, a first cousin of the late Tsar Nicholas II, declared himself “Guardian of the Throne” for the Russian Empire on Aug. 8. Two years later, the Grand Duke declared himself the emperor-in-exile.

On Aug. 10, Austrian police claimed they discovered a Soviet slush fund for stirring up unrest and revolt in the Balkans.

The earliest sound film footage of an American president was recorded on Aug. 11 when Lee de Forest filmed U.S. President Calvin Coolidge on the White House lawn. De Forest used his experimental Phonofilm process to make the recording.

Andrew S. Anderson, the Democratic Party nominee for South Dakota governor, was gored by a bull on his property on Aug. 11. Anderson did not survive the attack.

Former world middleweight title holder Kid McCoy shot his lover, Teresa Mors, on Aug. 12 in Los Angeles. McCoy, who retired from boxing at the time of the shooting, shot Mors in a drunken rage after she told him what her friends thought of him.

Anthropologist Margaret Mead arrived in Samoa on Aug. 17. Mead proceeded to begin working on her book, “Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation,” which became a landmark text and sparked years of ongoing, intense debate upon its publication in 1928.

Canadian mountaineers completed the first ascent of the 2,603-meter-tall Mount Fitzsimmons in British Columbia on Aug. 19.

United States Sen. Nathaniel B. Dial and John J. McMahan, his challenger for the Democratic Party nomination in an upcoming election, were each arrested for disorderly conduct in South Carolina on Aug. 20. Dial approached McMahan brandishing a chair during a campaign meeting that became contentious.

Director John Ford’s first major film, “The Iron Horse,” premiered in New York City on Aug. 28.