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Born on Saturday March 29, 1924
Died on Saturday March 29, 1924

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 29, 1924 at Delpher


Born on March 29
  • 1920 » Clarke Fraser, American-Canadian geneticist and academic († 2014)
  • 1920 » John M. Belk, American businessman and politician († 2007)
  • 1920 » Pierre Moinot, French author († 2007)
  • 1921 » Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician († 2011)
  • 1923 » Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge († 2012)
  • 1923 » Bob Haymes, American singer-songwriter, and actor († 1989)
  • 1923 » Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer († 2015)
  • 1926 » Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli banker and economist († 2012)
  • 1927 » John McLaughlin, American journalist and producer († 2016)
  • 1927 » John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)

Died on March 29

Names that were popular for boys in 1924
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1924
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1924
  • 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.
  • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
  • 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.
  • September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
  • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Weather March 29, 1924

The temperature on March 29, 1924 was between 0.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.

Source: KNMI