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• Adrianus Antonius van Zundert, Etten-Leur, Nederland († 1970)
• Ary Barbosa Martins, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2013)
• Augusta De Vidts, Aalst, België († 2015)
• Adrianus Franciscus Domen, Zundert († 2009)
• Berend Middel, Groningen († 2009)
• Anna Baumgarten, Saarbrücken († 2010)
• Albert Gosling, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England († 2010)
• Anna Elisabeth Hubertina Mengelers, Hoensbroek († 1925)
• Anna Elizabeth Schnieders, Emmen († 2011)
• Albertus Franciscus Leenes, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 2004)

• Alida Mertina (Maria) van Alfen (79), Echteld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annetje Schieveen (0), Zuilen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alida Hoogervorst (Hogervorst) (79), Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Mertina van Alfen (80), Echteld
• Alida Hoogervorst (79), Noordwijk Zh, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Goumans (81), Venray
• Antonius Petrus Klaasen (6), Nijmegen
• Aron Goudsmit (75), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annetje Schieveen (0), Zuilen, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Bruin (4), Heerhugowaard

• 1921 » Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader († 1985)
• 1922 » Joan Caulfield, American model and actress († 1991)
• 1922 » Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist († 2007)
• 1924 » William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist († 2006)
• 1925 » Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher († 2017)
• 1926 » Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1926 » George Robb, English international footballer and teacher († 2011)
• 1926 » Johnny Berry, English footballer († 1994)
• 1926 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress († 1962)
• 1926 » Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services († 2015)

• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 1927 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
• 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general († 1857)
• 1938 » Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
• 1941 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1941 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1943 » Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)

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 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• 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.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• 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.

The temperature on June 1, 1924 was between 11.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.