About the day » Friday December 24, 1920Calender converter

• Moonen, Loon op Zand
• Anna Langstraat, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Albert Engelbertus Lammers, Zutphen († 1945)
• Anna Carolina JANSSEN, Horst, Limburg, Nederland († 1995)
• van den Brand, Den Dungen, Sint-Michielsgestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthony Ernst Mary DUIJNSTEE, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Joling, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1920)
• Adriana Langerak, Lopik († 1999)
• Antonius Hubertus Dohmen, Klimmen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1938)
• Albertina Elizabeth Oosterhoff, Westerbork († 1922)

• Aartje Wagenaar (65), Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aagje van der Sluis (79), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Limborg (54), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje Ubbens (69), Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Boonacker (70), Anna Paulowna
• André Bernard van Regenmortel (0), Koewacht
• Aaltje Hermina Barta Johanna Hoogers (0), hattem
• * Adriaan Biesemans (79), 's Hertogenbosch
• "Jacques" Marie Léonor Le Marois (57), Paris
• Anthoon Menning (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1918 » Dave Bartholomew, American bandleader, composer and arranger († 2019)
• 1919 » Pierre Soulages, French artist
• 1919 » Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet and songwriter († 2001)
• 1920 » Franco Lucentini, Italian author and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1920 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator († 1944)
• 1921 » Bill Dudley, American football player († 2010)
• 1922 » Ava Gardner, American actress († 1990)
• 1923 » George Patton IV, American general († 2004)
• 1923 » William C. Schneider, American aerospace engineer († 1999)
• 1924 » Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter († 1986)

• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
• 1942 » François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)

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 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
• February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
• February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
• December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

The temperature on December 24, 1920 was between -0.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.