About the day » Sunday July 24, 1887Calender converter

• Hoek, Helenaveen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Alida Bot, Blokker, North Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Alberts, Nieuw-Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje Seinen, Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1889)
• Agnes Slijfer, Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• Alida Wilhelmina Zuijderhoudt, Nieuw Helvoet († 1887)
• Alida Bot, Blokker († 1964)
• Adrianus Johannes van Dijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adriana ZANDBERGEN, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Aldert Dirk Last, Amsterdam († 1968)

• Adrianus Vandenbergh (89), Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België
• Adeline Maria Todd (61), Fairfield, Herkimer, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arien Langenberg (8), Alkmaar
• Antonie van Aken (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Albertien KROEZE (74), Bonnen (Gieten), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaldert Hendriks Kuipers (71), Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia van Rooij, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Anna Maria van Herwijnen (76), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolina Smits (73), Rotterdam
• Aaldert Hendriks (Harms) Kuipers (71), Anloo, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1877 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss († 1954)
• 1878 » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1957)
• 1880 » Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator († 1959)
• 1884 » Maria Caserini, Italian actress († 1969)
• 1886 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author († 1965)
• 1888 » Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1889 » Agnes Meyer Driscoll, American cryptanalyst († 1971)
• 1895 » Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic († 1985)
• 1897 » Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author († 1937)
• 1899 » Chief Dan George, Canadian actor († 1981)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Geertruida
15. Antje
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
• February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

The temperature on July 24, 1887 was about 23.6 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.