About the day » Friday August 22, 1924Calender converter

• Adelaide (Leida) Schenkhuijzen, Ternate (Indonesië) († 1986)
• Cornelis Petrus van Diest, Leiden († 1955)
• Adrianus Lambertus de Jongh, Hilversum(NH) († 2003)
• Cornelia Maria Meeuwsen, Princenhage († 2022)
• Archie Clyde Kittrell <KB BdUSS-Pq-SSDI>3 "Cyde"*, Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia († 2007)
• Aiko Planting († 1983)
• Bastiaantje Maria Adriana OUWENS, Ridderkerk († 2006)
• Dimphena Maria van Aert († 2017)
• Bastiaantje Maria A. Ouwens († 2006)
• Aloysius Gerhardus Johannes Schaarman, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1986)

• Albertje Assenberg (53), Groningen
• Andrew Kimball (65), Salt Lake City, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonia Maria Wilhelmina Ket (72), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Albert Schuiringa (71), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Brak (60), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Wilhelmina van Ket (72), Utrecht,, Netherlands
• Anna Berndina Bisselink (1), Zeddam, Nederland
• Antje Jelles Mulder (37), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aartje Schippers (62), Naarden
• Anthonia Maria Wilhelmina Ket (72), gem. Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1920 » Denton Cooley, American soldier and surgeon († 2016)
• 1920 » Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1921 » Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1921 » Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist († 2012)
• 1922 » Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor († 1996)
• 1922 » Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer († 2011)
• 1924 » Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist († 1995)
• 1924 » James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author († 1989)
• 1925 » Honor Blackman, English actress and republican († 2020)
• 1926 » Bob Flanigan, American pop singer († 2011)

• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
• 1940 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
• March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
• May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
• August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
• October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

The temperature on August 22, 1924 was between 9.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.