About the day » Monday January 24, 1921Calender converter

• Albert Schaver († 1990)
• Aymar Geoffroy de Lambilly, Nantes, 44109, France († 2011)
• Bernardus Johannes Jacobus Lansbergen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Berendina Harmina van Kooten, Ned. Oost-Indie († 1993)
• Berend Jan Antvelink, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1976)
• Albert Michael WYNKOOP Jr, Martindale, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Adrien Henri Bresser († 2008)
• Antonia Carolina van der Poll, Amsterdam († 1947)
• Bernardus Johannes Jacobus Lansbergen, Delft († 1982)
• Adriana Dirkje Maria Posthumus, Leiden († 1959)

• Ariaantje de Kamper (88)
• Adriana Francina van Overbeek (64), 's Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Jansen (70), Renkum
• Aaltjo Hendrik van Delden (1), Hardenberg Ambt
• Geertruida Hendrika van Splunter (31), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adrianus Nagtzaam (48), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Francina van Overbeek, s-Hertogenbosch, NL
• Antonetta (Antonia?) van Hertum (61), Valkenswaard
• Amanda Morgan (88), Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas, United States
• anthonij KORTEWEG (78), ooltgensplaat

• 1917 » Ernest Borgnine, American actor († 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)
• 1923 » Geneviève Asse, French painter

• 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)

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
• March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
• June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
• September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.

The temperature on January 24, 1921 was between 3.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.