About the day » Saturday January 24, 1920Calender converter

• Verboom, Rotterdam († 1920)
• Andries Sloterwijk, Emmer-Compascuum († 1991)
• Aafke Schenkel, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1996)
• Anthonie van Kooten, Den Helder, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Anthonie van Kooten, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Klomp, Tilburg
• Annie (Anna Hendrika) Bovenschen, Rhenen († 2001)
• Boerakker († 1920)
• Adrianus van Hooydonck, Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België († 1994)
• Agatha Cornelia Thien, Amsterdam, NH. NL († 2003)

• Albert Janes Baantjer (79), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia van Vugt (71), Loon op Zand
• Antonia van Vugt (71), Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Boerakker (0), Ulft, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius van der Steen (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Gerrit Kwint (71), Lienden, Nederland
• Albert Janes Baantjer (79), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia van Tubergen (72), Den Haag
• Antonie Stoverinck (79), Leopold, Bollinger County, MO ., Verenigde Staten
• Antonia van Tubergen (72), 's-Gravenhage

• 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)
• 1919 » Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1919 » Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator († 2009)
• 1920 » Jerry Maren, American actor († 2018)
• 1920 » Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist († 1980)
• 1922 » Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1922 » Neil Franklin, English footballer († 1996)

• 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)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
• January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.

The temperature on January 24, 1920 was between -0.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.