About the day » Tuesday July 24, 1917Calender converter

• Adriana Gijsberta Meijer, Katwijk († 1917)
• Anne Wilhelmina Cristina Birk Croeser (born CROESER), Wakkerstroom, Eastvaal District Council, Mpumalanga, South Africa († 2007)
• Berber Kamstra († 2004)
• Apolonia van Bommel, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1917)
• Catharina de Pagter, 's-Gravenhage († 2005)
• Benjamin Gosschalk, Wijhe,Gemeente Olst-Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriaan van den Hoek, Baarn († 1984)
• Aaltje Schilder, Volendam, Nederland († 1995)
• Arie VERSTOEP, Voorschoten
• Adriana Gijsberta Meijer, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)

• Alida Johanna Linthorst (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Bolton Laing (74), Lauriston, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Ada A. Qualls (23)
• Anna Gooijer (78), Zuid-en Noord-Schermer, Nederland
• Achille Emile Henri Vanhove (31), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adriaan Deurloo (79), Goes
• Aldegonda van Bokhoven (31), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gooijer (78), Zuid-en Noord Schermer
• Berendina Prins (1), Zweeloo Coevorden Drenthe Nederland
• Bastiaan Boef (68), Gouda,Gouda,Zuid-Holland,Nederland

• 1914 » Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2007)
• 1914 » Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician († 2015)
• 1915 » Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 2004)
• 1916 » John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author († 1986)
• 1917 » Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer († 1999)
• 1917 » Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor († 2005)
• 1918 » Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator († 2012)
• 1919 » John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist († 2014)
• 1919 » Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, NASA manager († 2007)
• 1919 » Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge († 1999)

• 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)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

The temperature on July 24, 1917 was between 8.4 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.