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• Cornelis Johannes ter Smitten, amsterdam, Nederland († 2010)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van Breugel, Loon op Zand († 1958)
• Alide Romeijn († 2017)
• Arie Noorlander († 1996)
• Daniel Wijker, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Agnes H. Eveslage, Greenwald, Stearns, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• de Keizer, Haarlem († 1999)
• Cornelia Elizabeth Rietdijk, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriana Johanna Raaijmakers, Helmond († 1997)
• Berhard Dijkmann († 1977)

• Adriana Roelofs, Cuijk en st.Agatha
• Cornelis van der Eik (0), Delft
• Cornelia Bijl (0), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Garitjen Gielink (64), Mandini, iLembe DC, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Dina van Eijkeren (49), Oostburg
• Cornelia Kuijk (30), den haag
• Anna Jordaans (75), Ginneken en Bavel
• Elisabet van der Hut (0), Veen
• Adam Meindert Lindeboom (89), Olst, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Bernardus Hendrikus Hoekman (65), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 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)
• 1921 » Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist († 2009)
• 1921 » Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean race car driver († 2008)
• 1922 » Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist († 2010)
• 1922 » René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec († 1987)

• 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. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
• February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
• June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
• July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
• December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

The temperature on August 24, 1919 was between 5.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.