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• Betty Jane SMALLEY, Hanford, Kings, California, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Charles H McKIMMY, Newton,Jasper County,Illinois,Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Elisabeth Veenman († 1999)
• Berendina M.J. Onstenk († 2002)
• Carmen Louise Goede, Paramaribo (Suriname), Paramaribo, Suriname († 2010)
• Anna Maria Catharina van Loon, Teteringen († 2005)
• Anneke (Jo) Johanna Henrica Pijs, Dommelen, Valkenswaard, North Brabant, The Netherlands († 1982)
• Adrian van der Griend († 2003)
• Caspar Sicco Nanno Nicolaas (Casparicco) (Cas) (Roorda van) Eysinga, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2004)
• David Van Drongelen, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 1997)

• Annigje Gijsberts Vugt van (22), Ridderkerk
• Bonne (Aukes) Bonstra (72), Beilen
• Andrias van Melsen (86), Delden Ambt 14
• Anna Charlotta v.Heeckeren (66), Utrecht
• Alexander Willem Berdenis van Berlekom (66), Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Anna Charlotte Reiniera van Heeckeren (66), Utrecht, Netherlands
• van Zundert (0), Oudenbosch
• Adriana Alida Sudmeijer (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Annegien Pietersdr. Drent (80), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alke Drenth (74), Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1920 » Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper († 2014)
• 1920 » Hank Ketcham, American author and cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace († 2001)
• 1921 » Ada Louise Huxtable, American author and critic († 2013)
• 1921 » S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A († 2014)
• 1922 » Les Baxter, American pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1923 » Diane Arbus, American photographer († 1971)
• 1925 » Joseph A. Unanue, American sergeant and businessman († 2013)
• 1925 » William Clay Ford, Sr., American businessman († 2014)
• 1926 » François Morel, Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator († 2018)
• 1928 » Frank Borman, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

• 1877 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1793)
• 1883 » Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Quintino Sella, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finances (b. 1827)
• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
• 1965 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1900)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
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.
• 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 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on March 14, 1924 was between -2.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.