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• Alfred Lloyd Ward († 1993)
• Adriana van Breugel, Schijndel († 2007)
• Antje Arnolda Eliza van Heijst, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 2000)
• Albertus Gerardus Johannes Vinkenstein, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1993)
• Anna Johanna Hendrika De Graaf, Anna Paulowna, Nederland († 2002)
• Anna Gerarda Johanna Janssen († 2003)
• Adolf Rense de Boer, Velsen, Nederland († 1984)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Trompert, Lisserbroek († 2010)
• Arnold van den Boogaard († 1995)
• Adolf Rense van de Boer, Velsen († 1984)

• Carolina Christina Bouwman (67), Haarlem
• Antonetta Jansen (Bergmans) (66), Eindhoven
• Aaltje Tensen (83), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ADRIANUS PRINS (54), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Adrianus Prins (54), 's-Gravenzande
• Aaltje Tensen (82), Wervershoof
• Anna van der Eijk (83), Pijnacker
• Antonius Andreas van Zon (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriana Fouchard (70), Grubenvorst
• Anna van der Eijk (83), Pijnacker (ZH-NLD)

• 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)
• 1925 » Puig Aubert, German-French rugby league player and coach († 1994)

• 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)

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. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
• February 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
• July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
• September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
• October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
• November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

The temperature on March 24, 1922 was between -3.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.