About the day » Saturday December 24, 1910Calender converter

• Alexander Allen WOOD, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England († 1985)
• Seip, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1910)
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria van Dijk, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Trees, Rotterdam
• Aalt van den Belt, Kampen {OV} († 1913)
• Angele Leonie Antoinette FROYEN, Tongeren
• Aalf Noor, Winschoten
• Annigje Schurer, Tjerkgaast († 1919)
• Angenita Heijes, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1989)
• Adrianus Johannes (Jan) van Rijnsoever, Almelo († 1989)

• antonia KLOOSTERMAN (70), borssele
• Bernardus Franciscus van Oosten (1), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Kloosterman (70), Borssele (Borsele), Zeeland, Nederland
• Aleida Gesina Holweg (39), Winterswijk
• Adriana Hendrika Ketelaars (39), Veghel
• Alexander Pauwels (73), Bornem
• Anthonius Josephus Schellart (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Clarijs (74), Oud-en Nieuw Gastel
• Antoon Hommersom (45), ARNHEM, GD, NL
• Antoon Hommersom (45), Arnhem

• 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)
• 1910 » Ellen Braumüller, German javelin thrower and triathlete († 1991)
• 1910 » Fritz Leiber, American author and poet († 1992)
• 1910 » Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica († 1980)
• 1913 » Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic († 1967)
• 1914 » Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1914 » Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader († 1978)

• 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)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
• March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
• March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
• May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
• June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
• November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

The temperature on December 24, 1910 was between 5.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.