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• Arend Cornelis Griffioen, Abcoude-Proosdij, Utrecht, Nederland († 1984)
• Antonius Maria Jacobus Nicolaas de Werd, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Adrianus Nicolaas (Ome Zoeme) Dekker, Ilpendam († 1985)
• Aart Hoeve, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Constant Van EEGHEN, Amsterdam, Hollande († 1997)
• Christina Jakoba Swart, Valthermond, Drente († 2001)
• Aart van Buren, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Arend Arendsz 1 van Berkum, Haarlem († 1942)
• Christina Cornelia Lammers, Waalwijk († 1984)
• Angeline Ruth Poutsma, Jamestown, Ottawa County, Michigan († 1990)

• Claas (Klaas) Boes (85), Vollenhove, Ov, The Netherlands
• Barones Henrietta Wilhelmina Van Lijnden (76)
• Catharina Goes (7), Den Helder
• Abraham Slap (76)
• Cornelis van der Zwaan (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Jacobus Noot (73), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Klok (36), Assen
• Cornelis van der Zwaan (74), Amsterdam
• Annegien Scheffers (49)
• Dirk Dalm (75), Woudrichem

• 1920 » Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer († 2012)
• 1920 » George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1920 » Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer († 2015)
• 1921 » Otto Graham, American football player and coach († 2003)
• 1921 » Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer († 2004)
• 1922 » Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician († 2016)
• 1922 » John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient († 1944)
• 1924 » Wally Cox, American actor († 1973)
• 1927 » Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower († 2010)
• 1928 » Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer († 1980)

• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)

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.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
• September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.

The temperature on December 6, 1924 was between 4.6 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.