About the day » Wednesday October 24, 1923Calender converter

• Earl O'BRIEN, Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, United States († 1970)
• Burnette Schonewill, Volga, South Dakota, u.S.a († 1970)
• ? ? († 1978)
• Bert Berkvens, Asten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Charles John Leyen († 1973)
• Alida Maria Jansen, Amsterdam-Holland († 2011)
• Adolf Wouters († 2000)
• BRUNIS BROEKHUIS, Hilversum († 2012)
• yte elzinga, nes wd († 2005)
• Ardis Wellhouse, Alto, Fonf du Lac, Wi († 1992)

• Adriaan Nagelkerke (65), Wolphaartsdijk, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Augustinus Buchner (83), Groningen
• Adrianus van der Donk (56), Dongen
• Adam Silver Maitland (73), 46 Don Street, Old Aberdeen, Scotland
• Andreas Carolus Maria Snels (0)
• Aukjen Arends Bron (69)
• Arie van der Maat (78), Benschop
• Catrina van Kranenburg (67), Buurmalsen
• (1) Maartje Swart (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Barendje Kreukniet (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1921 » R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator († 2015)
• 1921 » Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager († 2005)
• 1922 » George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson († 2014)
• 1923 » Denise Levertov, British-born American poet († 1997)
• 1923 » Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist († 2000)
• 1924 » Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic († 2018)
• 1924 » John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician († 2008)
• 1924 » Mary Lee, American actress and singer († 1996)
• 1925 » Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator († 2014)
• 1925 » Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator († 2003)

• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)

• 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 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 7.1 million citizens.
• April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
• August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
• September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
• September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
• November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
• December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

The temperature on October 24, 1923 was between 7.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.