About the day » Thursday August 24, 1916Calender converter

• Adriana Voskamp, Hoek van Holland († 1945)
• Albert Ferguson Kosier, Toledo, Lucas Co., OH († 2003)
• Adriana (Jaantje) Voskamp, Rotterdam († 1945)
• André DE PRETER, Berchem (Antwerpen), 2600, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1994)
• Adrianus Steenbakkers, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Adriana Voskamp, Hoek van Holland († 1945)
• Aafke Prummel, Veendam (NL) († 1918)
• Angele Elisa Verbruggen, Hillegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2004)
• Alberta van den Heuvel, Schijndel († 1920)
• Antonia Bruinzeel († 1931)

• Anthonia Cornelia Nieuwenhuijzen (24), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Antonia Andrea Johanna van der Plas (0), Den Haag
• Pet (0), Leiden
• Andries Kooij (1892)
• Adriaan van Kasteren (81), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Kenniphaas (81), Middelburg
• Aartje van der Lee (80), Doorn, gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Nederland
• Albertus Koopal (71), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aagje Pannekoek (55), BEESD (West-Betuwe), GD, NL
• Adrianus Martinus Kaspers (55), Utrecht

• 1911 » Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer († 2000)
• 1913 » Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1915 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author († 1987)
• 1915 » Wynonie Harris, American singer and guitarist († 1969)
• 1917 » Dennis James, American game show host († 1997)
• 1918 » Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2004)
• 1919 » Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler († 2004)
• 1919 » J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate († 2004)
• 1919 » Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II († 1943)
• 1920 » Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic († 2013)

• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)

• 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.
• April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

The temperature on August 24, 1916 was between 11.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.