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• Cornelia Verhoef, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Bernardus Frederikus Klaassen, Schoonebeek, gem. Dalen, Nederland († 1963)
• An Cuppen, Horst,Horst aan de Maas,Limburg,Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelis Hoek, Katwijk († 1995)
• Antonia Cornelia Kerremans, Terheijden, Noord Brabant († 1996)
• * Johannes Wilhelmus (Hans) Groen, Utrecht († 2001)
• Clément Léon Meerschaut, Lille (Nord) († 2006)
• Anna Cornelia van Bergen, Steenbergen († 2008)
• Salomon Mieloo († 2001)
• Arthur John Gritter, Grand Rapids († 2012)

• Cornelis de Vos (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirkje Verhoef (42), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Pieter van Zwieten de Blom (52), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelia Koopman (50), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Christiana Margaretha Callenfels (82), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoine Cornelis Steppé (35), Utrecht
• Dijmphna Rommens (65), Oudenbosch
• Cornelis Laurents Veldt (51), Haarlem
• Dina Melis (46), Veere
• Cornelia Hubertina Janssen (0), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland

• 1920 » Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group († 2010)
• 1921 » Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1921 » Dennis Brain, English composer († 1957)
• 1922 » Jean Rédélé, French racing driver, founded Alpine († 2007)
• 1923 » Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot († 2015)
• 1924 » Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician († 2020)
• 1924 » Roy Bentley, English footballer († 2018)
• 1926 » David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician
• 1926 » Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1926 » Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic († 1981)

• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)

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.
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
• May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
• July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• 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.

The temperature on May 17, 1924 was between 3.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.