About the day » Wednesday August 20, 1924Calender converter

• Antonius Van Doorn, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Augusta Nicoline Pesch, Bandung, West-Java (Nederlands Indië) († 2001)
• Aaltje Nederhoed, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 2023)
• Anna van Ommen, Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Anna Maria Hubers, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Antonius Johannes Gerardus Hoonhorst († 1995)
• Antonius Johannes Gerhardus Hoonhorst († 1995)
• Adriana Johanna Cornelia Roovers, Breda († 1961)
• Arie Meijnders, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Albertus Romijn, Delft († 2010)

• Antje Dirksd van der Wal (91), Oldeboorn, aengwirden.fr.nld
• Antoon Leendert Willemzteijn (37), Schiedam
• Aleida Berendina Sotthewes (56), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Berendina SOTTHEWES (56), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafke Spoelma (60), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Carolina Johanna Mertens (13), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Pennings (87), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Schalk (32), Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Egberdina de Jong (78), Maassluis
• Antje Dirks van der Wal (91)

• 1921 » Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer († 1985)
• 1921 » Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
• 1923 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter († 1964)
• 1924 » George Zuverink, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1926 » Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist († 1978)
• 1926 » Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach († 2014)
• 1927 » Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation († 2013)
• 1927 » John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian
• 1927 » Peter Oakley, English soldier and blogger († 2014)
• 1927 » Yootha Joyce, English actress († 1980)

• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)

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.
• January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• 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.
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.

The temperature on August 20, 1924 was between 7.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.