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• Antonia (Tonia) Temmer, Groot-Ammers († 1936)
• Antonia Wilhelmina van Rulo, Esch (Vught) († 1951)
• Antonia Catharina Sophie, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2004)
• van Dijk, Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aukje van Eik, Harkema-Opende († 2010)
• Arnold Hubert Strooband, Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Netherlands († 1999)
• Antonia Louisa van Dijk, Rotterdam († 1936)
• Adrianus Petrus van Laarhoven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Albertus Hajenius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Anna Johanna Maria Passier, Tilburg († 1999)

• Barbara Kendig Breneman (86), Lititz, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Adrianus Johannes Jordaans (59), Leiden
• Ardina van der Pol (58), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje den Braber (71), Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus van Antwerpen (58), Den Haag
• Adriana van der Elsen (54), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Brendina de Jonge (82), Groningen
• Bernarda Anna Catharina van Nes (39), amsterdam, Nederland
• Bernardus van der Poel (76), Berkel-Enschot, Nederland
• Antonetta Gertruda Vermeulen (46), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• 1920 » Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and academic († 2019)
• 1921 » Joe Fulks, American basketball player († 1976)
• 1922 » Fred Wood, English actor († 2003)
• 1922 » Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama († 2008)
• 1923 » Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic († 2016)
• 1924 » Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host († 2015)
• 1925 » Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author († 2007)
• 1926 » Panos Gavalas, Greek singer († 1988)
• 1927 » Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (Supersax) († 1987)
• 1928 » Francisco Solano López, Argentinian illustrator († 2011)

• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)

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.
• February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
• 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.
• May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on October 26, 1924 was between 3.6 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.