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• Antonius Johannes Bouwmans, Oeffelt († 1985)
• ZELDENRUST, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1924)
• Bertus van Belkom, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Alexander A. NESEVITCH, Tomaschpol, Ukraine († 1995)
• Bertha Goudsmit, 's Gravenhage, Z-Holl, NL († 1943)
• Anna Wapenaar, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anne Postma, Drogeham († 1987)
• Apolonia Jozina van 't Westeinde, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1978)
• Alfons Sels († 2004)
• Antonie van Scherrenburg, Ede († 1924)

• Andreas Servatius Saes (2), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonia LITTELINK (77), Raalte
• Antonius Johannes Aarts (2), Breda
• Antonius Johannes Maria Sevens (15)
• cornelis zwier (68), Opperdoes
• Aaltje Trompetter (76), Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Bouwman
• Bathseba Delmonte (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Zwier (68), Opperdoes
• Aaltienus Hendrikus Joosten (0), Beilen,Drenthe,Niederlande

• 1922 » Leslie Marr, English race car driver
• 1923 » Alice Ghostley, American actress († 2007)
• 1923 » Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem († 2000)
• 1924 » Georges Prêtre, French conductor († 2017)
• 1924 » Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor († 2013)
• 1924 » Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader († 1981)
• 1924 » Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum († 2009)
• 1925 » Russell Baker, American critic and essayist († 2019)
• 1926 » Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist († 2017)
• 1926 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator († 1977)

• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)

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.
• January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.

The temperature on August 14, 1924 was between 10.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.