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• Alphonsus Wilhelmus Jacobus Zeegers, Sambeek
• Aagje Souverijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Andreas Albertus Hassing, Vinkega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1990)
• Aagje Souverijn, Katwijk († 2002)
• Catharina Ouwehand, 's-Gravenhage († 1929)
• Abraham Teunis Knoop, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Antonia Jong, Lutjebroek, Stede Broec,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Alphonsus Wilhelmus Jacobus Zeegers, Sambeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Bertha Jannetta Harmsen, Wapenveld, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)
• Chester Wayne Wolf, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States († 2005)

• Christiena Kooiman (34)
• Amelia Van der SLUYS (35), Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Agnes Keel (1), Sth Holland Cook Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Age Tjeerds SINNEMA (0), Heerlen Limburg Netherlands
• Alida Martha Thoes (48)
• Antje Berends Koning (80), Westerbroek, Hoogezand
• Agatha Maria Goudsblom (21), Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth ATSMA (6), Apeldoorn Gelderland Netherlands
• Christiaan VERMEER (62), Amsterdam
• Bernardus Jacobus Berendse (17), Utrecht

• 1921 » Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright († 2007)
• 1921 » John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer († 1979)
• 1921 » Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier († 1991)
• 1924 » Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet († 2004)
• 1924 » Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer († 2004)
• 1924 » Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer († 2010)
• 1924 » Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author († 2014)
• 1925 » Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1925 » Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2003)
• 1925 » Philip Purser, English author and critic

• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)

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 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• 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 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on August 28, 1924 was between 6.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.