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• Bertha Melanie Johanna Bennebroek, Nispen († 1981)
• Bennie Dalsheim, Oldenburg (De) († 1945)
• Bernadine "Curly" Lyman, Carlyle Clinton Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Anina Wilhelmina van Stipriaan, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Hudepol, Oud-Lutten (Hardenberg) († 2001)
• Adolf Steenbergen, Doetinchem († 1992)
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria (Annie) van den Berg († 2018)
• Betty Jane Wittbecker, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois († 2005)
• Adriaan Konings, Haarlemmermeer († 1996)
• Adrianus Cornelius Biemans, Gilze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)

• Antje Ariens' Roggen (87), Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Visser (80), Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Ariensd Roggen (87)
• Anna de Visser (78), Rotterdam
• Antonetta Helena Francisca Van Oorschot, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana Wilhelmina van DILLEN (82), Lopik, 5481, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Lenssinck \ Lensinck (55), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart de Man (43), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alex* Franz Johannes Kersten (78)
• Aaltien Eggen (85), Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1921 » Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician († 1978)
• 1922 » Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia († 1980)
• 1923 » Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2004)
• 1924 » Curtis Turner, American race car driver († 1970)
• 1924 » Peter Safar, Austrian physician and academic († 2003)
• 1924 » Raymond Barre, French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France († 2007)
• 1925 » Evelyn Berezin, American computer scientist and engineer († 2018)
• 1925 » Ned Miller, American country music singer and songwriter († 2016)
• 1925 » Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1926 » Jane Withers, American actress

• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)

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.
• March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
• June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
• December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

The temperature on April 12, 1924 was between -1.7 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.