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• Alida Johanna Kompeer, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Aleida Hendrika Maria Beld, Borne, 7620, Nederland († 2010)
• Adriaan Wilhelm van Hoogstraten, Heerlen, Nederland († 2012)
• Aaltje Mooiweer († 2007)
• Aaltje Wijnstra, Ureterp († 2019)
• Hensem Willem Arbeider, Meedhuizen († 2007)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Kruijsbergen, Gilze en Rijen († 1992)
• Antje Helbig, Smallingerland Friesland († 2008)
• Adriana Gerarda Agnes (Jeanne) Blom, De Ronde Venen, Abcoude-Proosdij, UTR, Nederland († 2003)
• Arie Van Velzen, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 2016)

• Antje Dijkstra (79)
• Antonius Janssen (76), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriana Molewater (72), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Arie Cornelis Volker (63), 's Gravenhage
• Adrianus Naaktgeboren (33), 's-Gravenhage (Zuid-Holland), Irisplein nr. 13
• Cornelia Petronella VAN NIEKERKEN (25), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartha van Putten (70), Epe
• Arthur Van Casand (44), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Cornelia Harteveld (50), Pijnacker, Nederland
• Bartha van Van Putten (70), Epe

• 1921 » Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist († 2009)
• 1921 » Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean race car driver († 2008)
• 1922 » Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist († 2010)
• 1922 » René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec († 1987)
• 1923 » Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic († 2012)
• 1924 » Alyn Ainsworth, English singer and conductor († 1990)
• 1924 » Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) († 2008)
• 1926 » Nancy Spero, American painter and academic († 2009)
• 1927 » Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer († 2014)
• 1927 » David Ireland, Australian author and playwright

• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)

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.
• 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.
• February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on August 24, 1924 was between 9.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.