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• Aaltje Schonewille, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1995)
• anna maria Jessen († 2019)
• Dale Clarence Spurlock († 2004)
• Arie Dekker († 1990)
• Aaltje Alberts van Benthem, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 1974)
• Brand Renes, Utrecht († 1990)
• Biense Triemstra, Gerkesklooster († 1974)
• Berend van Lemel, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Alejandro Sanchez Bernal, Austin, Travis county, Texas (USA) († 2009)
• Antonio Simionato, Pinhal, São Paulo, Brasil († 2011)

• Anna Gesina von Held "van Helt" (80), East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois
• Aart van Hof (77), Vleuten
• Adrianus van Zon (78), Vlijmen
• Charles Joseph Octave MERCY (75), Habay-La-Neuve, 6720, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Anthonius Agitho de BRUIN (60), rotterdam
• Alonzo David Freer (80), Port Allegany, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States
• Carolus Ludovicus van Oost (75), Wingene (B)
• Arie Schilperoort (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van den Boom (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anthonius Agatho de Bruijn (60), Rotterdam

• 1920 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer († 1955)
• 1922 » Arthur Anderson, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » John Edward Williams, American author and educator († 1994)
• 1922 » Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic († 2008)
• 1923 » Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1924 » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist († 1963)
• 1926 » Betty Lynn, American actress
• 1926 » Donn Fendler, American author and speaker († 2016)
• 1926 » Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic
• 1927 » Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)

• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)

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.
• June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
• June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
• 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 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on August 29, 1924 was between 8.4 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.