About the day » Thursday August 24, 1916Calender converter

• Antoon Wijsbeek, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Voskamp, Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Johannes VOSKAMP, Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Arend Jan Wagenvoort, Epe († 1988)
• Adrianus Brozius, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1971)
• Alfred Edward Mervyn Krakouer aka Smith A, Kojonup, Katanning Dist., Western Australia, Australia († 1968)
• Catharina (Toos) Baartmans, Steenbergen († 1994)
• Alphons M. G. Niessen, Helmond († 1981)
• Alexander Constantinus van den Hoek, Aarlanderveen († 1991)
• Albert De Cleen, Antwerpen († 1997)

• Aagje Pannekoek (55), BEESD (West-Betuwe), GD, NL
• Albertus Zekveld . (79), Nieuwveen, ZH, Nederland
• Pet (0), Leiden
• Antonia van Brussel (0), Erp
• Aartje van der Lee (80), Doorn, 5416, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Kooij (1892)
• Adriana Hendrika Adolfina van Dijk (5), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Kasteren (81), Helvoirt
• Anna Francisca van Roij (0), Valkenswaard
• Antje Landkroon (23), Boijl

• 1911 » Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer († 2000)
• 1913 » Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1915 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author († 1987)
• 1915 » Wynonie Harris, American singer and guitarist († 1969)
• 1917 » Dennis James, American game show host († 1997)
• 1918 » Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2004)
• 1919 » Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler († 2004)
• 1919 » J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate († 2004)
• 1919 » Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II († 1943)
• 1920 » Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic († 2013)

• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)

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

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

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

The temperature on August 24, 1916 was between 11.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.