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• Catharina Everdina Schoovers, Rotterdam
• Catharina Carolina Henrica Herman, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1994)
• Bevin Leandos Gardner, Cleveland County, North Carolina († 1984)
• Adriana VAN DER LAAK, Geldrop († 1924)
• Catharina Gesina Winter, Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 2020)
• Andreas Petrus Maria (Andre) van den Boogaard, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Martinus Poirters, Boxtel († 1990)
• Bernie M Nikkel, Sully, Jasper County, Iowa († 2005)
• Adrianus VERMEIJ, Dubbeldam († 1980)
• Catharina Maria Josepha Nefkens, Eindhoven († 1929)

• Alida van Straten (77), Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• (74), Beugen, Nederland
• Agnes Mulkens (87), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Molenaar (83), Wester Lage Egge (Steenwijkerwold)
• Alida van Straten (77), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Archibald Bowman Pryde (56), East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
• Adriana-Lijpje Heijden (19), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Plas (44), Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Van Der Plas (44), Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Bertha Reimers (75), Coevorden

• 1917 » Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer († 1996)
• 1921 » John Rawls, American philosopher and academic († 2002)
• 1921 » Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer († 2009)
• 1924 » Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst († 1980)
• 1924 » Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe († 2019)
• 1924 » Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer († 2014)
• 1925 » Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster († 2014)
• 1925 » Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1927 » Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author († 1996)
• 1929 » Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)

• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Hendrikus
15. Antonius
16. Arie

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. Alida

• 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 7.2 million citizens.
• January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
• November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.

The temperature on February 21, 1924 was between -8.1 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.