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• Antje van de Polder († 2007)
• Bernard H. "Ben" Krumpelman, Kenton County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Adrianus van Oirschot, Best (NB, NLD) († 1997)
• bartholomeus (bert) manders, meijel († 1997)
• Ab Zonneveld, Beverwijk († 2002)
• Barend Gosler, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna Vos, Garsthuizen, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Aukje Trijntje Braaksma, Damwoude, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Annie Bertha Kiewiet, Leeuwarden († 2008)
• van SAASE, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Alida Henriette van West (90), Amsterdam
• Antal Graaf Zichy van Zich-Vásonkeö (61)
• Andries Lieuwes Wassenaar (46), Engelum, Menaldumadeel, Frieland
• Adriaan van Hamont (80), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Gabriels (79), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Aafke Werkman (76), Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Alida Elizabeth Wansleeben (29), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Muggen (26), Diever
• Aaltje FABER (72), Sneek, 976, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Elizabeth Wansleeben (29), amsterdam, Nederland

• 1917 » John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1919 » Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher, co-founded City Lights Bookstore
• 1919 » Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian († 2005)
• 1920 » Gene Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1920 » Mary Stolz, American author († 2006)
• 1921 » Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player († 2010)
• 1922 » Onna White, Canadian dancer and choreographer († 2005)
• 1923 » Michael Legat, English author and publisher († 2011)
• 1923 » Murray Hamilton, American actor († 1986)
• 1924 » Norman Fell, American actor († 1998)

• 1905 » Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1909 » John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1871)
• 1915 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)

• 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.
• January 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
• February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
• February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
• May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
• August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
• August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.

The temperature on March 24, 1921 was between 4.1 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.