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• Cornelis Gerardus Velthoven, Poeldijk († 1993)
• Andries Goudswaard († 2004)
• Adrianus Bartholomeus Frijters, Princehage, Nederland († 1980)
• Calvin Peter Bulthuis, Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Catharina Grada Berendina (Zus) Terheerd, Zevenaar († 2008)
• Arnoldus Albertus van Kol, Nijmegen († 2001)
• Dorothy Jean Wallendal, Paterson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Derk Bruintjes, Schöninghsdorf, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1947)
• Celina Maria CASTELEYN, Rumbeke († 1977)
• Benjamin van den Dool, De Lier († 1979)

• Bernardus Wahlen (61), Mijdrecht
• Cornelia Osephius (62), New York City, New York, Vereningde Staten van Amerika
• Cornelia Maria Elisabeth Bakker (3)
• Dieuwertje Klaver (74), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Corstiana Jacomina van Winkelhoff (16), IJsselmonde
• Christine Wilhelmina Johanna Delphina Rudolph (64), Bangil
• Derk Doldersum (63), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen) 133
• Bernardus Wahlen (61), Mijdrecht
• Adriana Maria SPAANS (68), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Adriana Spuijbroek (66), Utrecht (U)

• 1922 » Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1923 » Francisco de Andrade, Portuguese sailor
• 1924 » Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician († 2014)
• 1924 » Marianne Bernadotte, Swedish actress and philanthropist
• 1925 » Antony Carbone, American actor
• 1925 » D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker († 2019)
• 1925 » Evan Hultman, American politician
• 1925 » Pandel Savic, American football player († 2018)
• 1925 » Philip Carey, American actor († 2009)
• 1925 » Taylor Hardwick, American architect, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park († 2014)

• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
• 1933 » Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b.1918)

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.
• 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.
• March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
• April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
• May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
• 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).
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on July 15, 1924 was between 8.1 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.