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• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Riel, Tilburg († 1969)
• Adrianus Petrus Maria van der Gouw, Tilburg († 1980)
• Abele Jacobs Wijnstra, Gorredijk († 2003)
• Anna Maria Baars, Haarlemmermeer
• Albert Huizing, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• "Ghislaine" Marie Colmet Daâge, Paris († 2015)
• Alfred Raymond Spurrell, Valleyfield, Bonavista, Dominion of Newfoundland († 2000)
• Anna Maria Oosterling, groningen (groningen) († 2005)
• Aaltje Hartman, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen († 1924)
• Anna Vos, Garsthuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)

• Anna Mackaaij (86), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Smeenk (54), Eibergen
• Albertha Anna Bratt (6), Platte, Charles Mix County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Aafke Venhuizen (80), Groningen
• Aukje Jans' van der Woude (88), Franeker
• Anthonie van Erkom (60)
• Anna Mackaaij (86), Utrecht, Nederland
• Baby Stenström (0), Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Biense Jacobs de Haan (66), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Baukjen Harmens Steegenga (76), Nijemirdum

• 1914 » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress († 1986)
• 1916 » Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales († 2002)
• 1917 » Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1918 » Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit († 1997)
• 1923 » Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress († 1986)
• 1924 » Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter
• 1925 » Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator († 2013)
• 1925 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director († 1994)
• 1926 » Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 1928 » William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer († 2016)

• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
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 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
• March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
• September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
• October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

The temperature on May 24, 1921 was between 9.4 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.