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• Arlene Mavis Bleeker, Castlewood (Hamlin County) (South Dakota) († 1999)
• Anthonie (Ton) Brouwer, Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Elisabeth Bekkers, Semarang († 2002)
• Doodgeboren kind van Bakel, Deurne († 1924)
• arnold KLARENBERG, den haag († 2014)
• Alice Borduin († 2008)
• Aris Medema, Oosterend († 1925)
• Donald M Wallinga, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2006)
• Célia Bartholomei de Salles Oliveira, São Paulo, Brasil († 1976)
• Dorothy Mae Mellema, Primghar, O'Brien County, Iowa († 2012)

• Bouwina Johanna Cornelia Reints Jansen (74), Doetinchem
• Adriana Dok (71), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Boudina (Boudijntje) de Jonge (77), Rotterdam
• Catharina de Boer (0), Groningen (NL)
• Bernardina Marginet (91), Onkerzele, België
• Anna Gesina Margaretha Lomans (71), Bussum
• Abraham Tieme Bijker (3), Eelde (gem. Tynaarlo)
• Charles Corley (58)
• Aafke Smit (70), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Andreas Johansson (92), Maiden Rock, Pierce, Wisconsin

• 1922 » Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1923 » Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor († 2013)
• 1924 » Alex Kellner, American baseball player († 1996)
• 1925 » Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France († 1999)
• 1925 » Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician († 2018)
• 1925 » Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer († 2010)
• 1925 » Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic († 2005)
• 1925 » Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 2013)
• 1926 » Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator († 1999)
• 1926 » Robert Vickrey, American painter and author († 2011)

• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)

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.
• February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• 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.
• 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 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
• 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.

The temperature on August 26, 1924 was between 8.9 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.