About the day » Sunday July 24, 1904Calender converter

• Aldegonda Hendrica Martina Betzou, Gennep,, Limburg, Nederland († 1996)
• Anthonette Josephina Geitz, Winschoten
• Adriana Clasina Smulders, Tilburg, Nederland († 1904)
• Anna Wilhelmina Sophia Steffens, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Arnold, Zuna, gemeente Wierden († 1904)
• Alice Florence Rentfro, Holton, Jackson, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Anna Antonia Maria Hellemons, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1905)
• André Gabriau, Saint André 13 Voies, 85260, France († 1976)
• Adriana Pietertje de HEER, Papendrecht
• Adrianus Cornelis Petrus van Laarhoven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)

• Cornelis Franciscus Heemskerk (2), Noordwijk
• Agatha Cornelia Zuijdervliet (0), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• de Graaf (0), Etten en Leur
• Adriana Josina Korteweg (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bontje Gosses Jansma (59), Hemrik
• Alfred James Napier (34), Temora, New South Wales, Australia
• Antonij Buijs (59), Haarlemmermeer
• August Jacob Willem Wolffram (0), Venlo, Limburg, Niederlande
• Catharina Swenneker (29), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ana Geertruide van Hulst (0), Maastricht

• 1895 » Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic († 1985)
• 1897 » Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author († 1937)
• 1899 » Chief Dan George, Canadian actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet († 1948)
• 1904 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer († 1977)
• 1904 » Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 1904 » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic († 1989)
• 1909 » John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2010)
• 1910 » Harry Horner, American director and production designer († 1994)
• 1912 » Essie Summers, New Zealand author († 1998)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

The temperature on July 24, 1904 was between 16.6 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.