About the day » Monday October 20, 1924Calender converter

• Corstiaan Cornelis de Man († 2015)
• Anje Gringhuis, Weerdingermarke, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Annie Smit († 2007)
• Adriaan Douw, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Anna Claire Glennon, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• Aaltje Schilder, Volendam († 2006)
• Anna van Saarloos († 2003)
• Cornelis Henricus Reijnen, Weurt († 1991)
• Berendina Johanna Rook, Diepenveen, Deventer († 2020)
• Christina Cornelia Douwen, Amsterdam († 1984)

• Casper Johan Hendrik Meijer (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Vermeulen (75), Benthuizen
• Cornelis Vermeulen (75), Benthuizen, Nederland
• Van Timmeren (0), Overschild
• Adriana Cornelis van der Poel (69), Rotterdam
• Christiaan van Gils (10), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Elisabeth Koks (51), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Romburgh Koning (62), Delft
• Adriana Hermina KROESE (65), Rijswijk, ZH, Nederland
• Albertus Borggreve (49), Denekamp

• 1921 » Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author († 2001)
• 1921 » Manny Ayulo, American race car driver († 1955)
• 1922 » Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer († 2012)
• 1922 » John Anderson, American actor († 1992)
• 1923 » Robert Craft, American conductor and musicologist († 2015)
• 1924 » Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic († 2014)
• 1925 » Art Buchwald, American soldier and journalist († 2007)
• 1925 » Roger Hanin, Algerian-French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1925 » Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer († 2002)
• 1926 » Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English lieutenant and politician, founded the National Motor Museum († 2015)

• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
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.
• February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on October 20, 1924 was between 7.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.