About the day » Monday January 24, 1916Calender converter

• Alice May Thorpe, Big Bay, Marquette, Michigan, United States († 1996)
• Adriaan Kerremans, Lage Zwaluwe († 1988)
• Anna Marthe Georgine DAVENNE, Bouvignes,5500,Namur,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 2005)
• Albertus Everardus van der Veen, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Jacobsz Heemskerk, Koudekerk/Rijn († 1979)
• Albinus Grietinus Jonker, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Amy Inez de Kleine, Jamestown, MI († 1989)
• Anna Hendrika Maarleveld, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2003)
• Albert DE JONGHE, Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1986)
• Adrianus Cornelis Landa, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas († 1983)

• Adrianus Hermanus Smink (72), Baarn
• aafje beers (17)
• "Maximilian" Konstantin Friedrich Alfons von Arco-Zinneberg (65), München, Bayern, Allemagne
• Andrew Leacy (67), Atchison, KS
• Arendje Kluitenberg (82), maassluis
• Arendtje Kluitenburg (82), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Leeuwen (76), Wissenkerke
• anna marie jacomina kempen (60), maasbree
• Albert Jan Nijland (0), Markelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje Jansz Roeper (78), De Waal

• 1913 » Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer († 2008)
• 1913 » Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1983)
• 1915 » Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic († 1991)
• 1915 » Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1916 » Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor († 2013)
• 1916 » Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela († 2009)
• 1917 » Ernest Borgnine, American actor († 2012)
• 1917 » Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church († 2012)
• 1918 » Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1918 » Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association († 2009)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The temperature on January 24, 1916 was between 0.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.