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• Aaltje Menist, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Cornelis Leeuwenburgh, Rhoon († 2013)
• Addy Eijke, Terneuzen († 2010)
• Bauke Siebolds Ykema, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands († 2003)
• Anna M.W.A. Trum, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br) († 1963)
• Alida Clasina Hijman († 2003)
• Albert Frank Dean, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Ali Vafi, Istanbul, Turkije († 1985)
• Antonia Petronella van Eijk, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1925)
• Annigje Peek († 2010)

• Antonius Benedictus van Tricht (87), Rotterdam
• Alma Jane Baker (45), Biggar (Saskatchewan, Canada)
• Chrystal Thelma Zeeryp (0), Zeeland Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Antonia Elisabeth Dekker (40), Zutphen
• Catherine Elizabeth Glaspel (53), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
• Aaltje de Veen (84), Emmen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christina_Alida Sluter (34), Ljouwert
• Berendina Hermina Frederika Aleida Egbertzen (23), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Christina Plasberg (58), Apeldoorn
• Arie Landa, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1922 » Arved Viirlaid, Estonian-Canadian soldier and author († 2015)
• 1923 » George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman († 1980)
• 1924 » Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist and politician († 2014)
• 1925 » Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor († 1997)
• 1925 » Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist († 2001)
• 1925 » Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist († 1965)
• 1925 » Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler and commander († 2000)
• 1926 » David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO († 2014)
• 1926 » Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic († 2007)
• 1926 » Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer († 2011)

• 1895 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
• 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 » Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)
• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)

• 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.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• 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.
• August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.

The temperature on April 11, 1924 was between -1.5 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.