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• Alfonce Leroy Johnson, Van Hook-North Dakota (USA) († 1996)
• Albert Buteneers, Gotem, België († 1925)
• Cornelis Gerrit de Vos, Harmelen († 1989)
• Anna Catharina Swaelen, Dessel (België) († 1925)
• Clasina Cornelia Jacoba van der Velde, Rotterdam († 1939)
• Aalt Buitenhuis, Wenum {GE} (Apeldoorn) († 2018)
• Anna Catharina Wagenaar, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Agnes Maria Sofia Meijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Anneke Denissen, udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Barbara Johanna Maria Schalkx, Boxtel († 2010)

• Aleijda Reinira te Vrught (76), 's-Heerenberg, Nederland
• Charles H Teagan (49), Redford, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Calvin Dille Arnold (75), Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota, United States
• Alberdina Beusekamp (65), Deventer, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia de Ridder (50), Alkmaar
• Antonia van de Liefvoort (71), Rosmalen
• Adrianus VAN HASSEL (84), 's-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Adriaan Kommers (27), Raamsdonkveer
• Albert Hiemstra (54), Menaldum (Gem. Leeuwarderardeel)
• Alijda Aleijda Reinira te Vrugt te Vrught (76), s-Heerenberg (Montferland)

• 1922 » Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter († 2020)
• 1922 » George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1924 » Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian († 2011)
• 1924 » Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada († 1980)
• 1925 » Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer († 2007)
• 1926 » Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2015)
• 1926 » Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics († 2009)
• 1927 » Jim Simpson, American sportscaster († 2016)
• 1927 » Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea († 2015)
• 1927 » Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician († 2016)

• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)

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 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
• March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• 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.
• November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on December 20, 1924 was between 5.1 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.