5th January 1924
In the U.S., 19-year-old Celia Cooney, "The Bobbed Hair Bandit", began a string of armed robberies, starting with the Thomas Ralston Grocery in Brooklyn, where she walked out with $680 and left in a car driven by her husband Ed Cooney.
Ship Losses:
Thetis (Greece) The cargo ship was struck by Diamant ( Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached off Leander's Tower. She was refloated on 15 January.