About the day » Saturday December 24, 1904Calender converter

• Abraham Sjoerd Alma, Heerenveen, gem. AEngwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Jochems, Ginneken en Bavel
• Alice Appeltans, Zepperen, België († 1905)
• Adèle Juliette VALLEY, Héricourt, 70400, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, FRANCE († 1986)
• Fredericus Wilhelmus Antonius de Vries, Den Haag
• Adrianus Johannes Jansen, Ginneken en Bavel († 1978)
• Albert BRAAK, Illinois U.S.A († 1981)
• Vromans, Hulsel
• Alva Lillian Love Byars "Lillian" +Fg, Bono, Craighead County, Arkansas ql († 1989)
• Andreas Joseph von Ameln, Vaals,, Limburg, Nederland († 1985)

• Albertus Theodorus Vesterink (0), Doesburg
• Arend Breedveld (50), Stadskanaal, Nederland
• Adaline Russell Corbin (75), Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, Verenigde Staten
• ?? Windhouwer (0), Nijkerk
• Arend Breedveld (50), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Grada Zwijnepoel (74), Enschede Overijssel
• Barbara Petronella Maria Weijts (42), Rotterdam
• Aaltje van Wegen (63), Hilversum, Nederland
• Bastiaan van der Hoeven (75), Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechie Vegter (42), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland

• 1898 » Baby Dodds, American drummer († 1959)
• 1900 » Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of Reiki († 1980)
• 1900 » Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland († 1991)
• 1903 » Ava Helen Pauling, American humanitarian and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and explorer († 1971)
• 1903 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director († 1972)
• 1904 » Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman († 2008)
• 1905 » Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot († 1976)
• 1906 » Franz Waxman, German-American composer and conductor († 1967)
• 1907 » I. F. Stone, American journalist and author († 1989)

• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)

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

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

• 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.

The temperature on December 24, 1904 was between 0.7 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.