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• Aries Smit, Hoogezand,, Groningen, Nederland († 1991)
• Aad Schilder Spel († 1973)
• Bartholomeus Gijsbertus Dool, Leiden
• Bernhardus Franciscus Antonius Davina, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland († 1999)
• Aaltje Visser, Den Helder († 1978)
• Bernardus Franciscus Antonius Daviena, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriaan Catharinus Kwant, Gorinchem († 1989)
• Antonio João Silva, Sangão, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1995)
• Antonius Cornelius van Engelen, Leende, NB Netherlands († 1998)
• Albertus Hermanus Streep, Utrecht († 1917)

• Albertus Wijman (66), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Apolonia Anna Franses (63), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Pinkster (81), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arendje Bouwmeester (62), Zuidveen
• Antonia Overkamp (63), Zutphen
• Alijda Pijpers (76), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnolda Maria van Ooijen (36), Driel
• Anna Maria Theresia Wiertz (65), Kerkrade, Niederlande
• Aleida Lamberts (85), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Kallenbach (80), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1921 » Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist († 2009)

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.

The temperature on August 24, 1917 was between 11.8 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.