About the day » Friday May 16, 1924Calender converter

• Adeline A. Guenther, Illinois († 2010)
• August Mertens, Mol, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen († 1949)
• Cornelis Geuze († 1997)
• Christina (Tine) van den Berg, Alphen aan den Rijn, 2401, Nederland († 1997)
• Cornelia Maria Johanna Corel, Noordwijkerhout († 1987)
• Bertus HEERE, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Albertina Gertrudis VANHENGEL, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 1986)
• Beryl Black nee McDonald, Berkshire Westmoreland Jamaica WI († 2005)
• Anna Beukinga, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Andreas Henricus van Hooren, Maastricht († 1945)

• Berend Hendriks Lippes (93), Diever
• Aafje Koomen (49), Midwoud
• Adam Frederik Duimel (69), Schiedam,-
• Anna Maria Margaretha Sprenger (65), Nijmegen
• Annie E Harry (65), Eastview, Carroll, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Engbers (50)
• Catharina Koster (72), Westervoort, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie de VISSER Jzn (87), Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Aleida Morsink (35), den ham
• Bernhard Heinrich Rolfes (81), Altenberge

• 1920 » Martine Carol, French actress († 1967)
• 1921 » Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1923 » Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2000)
• 1923 » Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author († 2014)
• 1923 » Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic († 2000)
• 1924 » Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia († 2019)
• 1925 » Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1925 » Nancy Roman, American astronomer († 2018)
• 1925 » Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist († 2012)
• 1928 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach († 1989)

• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

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.
• January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
• 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.
• 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 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.

The temperature on May 16, 1924 was between 6.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.