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• Alberta Agnes Dole, Ohio († 2019)
• Bernard Theophile Helmer, Lambach, Cham, Bayern, Germany († 1944)
• Andreas Hubert Vergossen, Saeffelen (D) († 1985)
• Annechien Hendrika van Dijk, Leeuwarden (Friesland) († 2018)
• Aleida Brons († 2005)
• Ali Gruter († 2007)
• Antoon van Sinten, Gemert (N.Br) († 2015)
• Jannetje Elizabeth de Jong, 's-Gravenzande († 2015)
• Antonius Petrus Cornelis Maria Verhoeven, Tilburg († 2002)
• Alphonsus Adelon Vink, Velsen († 1996)

• van 't Wout, Alphen aan den Rijn
• Carolus Van Der Jonckheyd (82), Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België
• Antonetta de Zwart (70), Breda
• Spies (0), Lienden
• Baron Hendrik Johan Herman van BOETZELAER (73), Valburg, 1849, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Taedes Dijkstra (24), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Brüning (0)
• Antje Reinders Zijlstra (91), Bozum
• Aaltje Niehof (56), Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland
• Petersen (0), Doorn

• 1920 » Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author († 2004)
• 1922 » Mark Hatfield, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon († 2011)
• 1923 » James E. Gunn, American science fiction author
• 1924 » Faidon Matthaiou, Greek basketball player and coach († 2011)
• 1925 » Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor († 2013)
• 1925 » Roger Smith, American businessman († 2007)
• 1927 » Conte Candoli, American trumpet player († 2001)
• 1927 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator († 1993)
• 1927 » Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman († 2011)
• 1927 » Jack Harshman, American baseball player († 2013)

• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)

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.
• February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
• June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.

The temperature on July 12, 1924 was between 15.7 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 22.8 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.