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• Bernard van Wijk, Amsterdam († 1940)
• Cornelis Gerardus Kannekens, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Albert Ziengs, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1998)
• Betty Jane Marie Hartman († 2001)
• Clarence Murra, Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa († 2008)
• Arendje van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Cornelia Gijsbertha Maria Lankreijer, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1925)
• Alida Maassen van den Brink, Maassluis († 2005)
• Cornelis Gerardus Kannekens, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 2007)
• Aloijsius Eeken, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1924)

• Antonius Verhoeven (80), Lage Mierde
• Antonie Hendrik Pikaar (30), Rotterdam
• Arend Jans Eshuis (76), Kampen
• Anna Henriette Zaal (82), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Selm (55), Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Jong (88), Woensdrecht
• Anna Henriette Zaal (82), Bussum
• Anna Maria VLASWINKEL (62), Arnhem, Gelderland (NL)
• Anna Schouten (69), Sloten (Noord-Holland)
• Andreas Maas (1), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1920 » James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality († 1999)
• 1920 » Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic († 2009)
• 1922 » Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian († 1994)
• 1923 » Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima († 1955)
• 1924 » Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver and businessman († 1998)
• 1925 » Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor († 1990)
• 1926 » Morton Feldman, American composer and academic († 1987)
• 1926 » Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1928 » Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress († 2006)
• 1929 » Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic

• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)

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 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
• March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• 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.
• 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).
• November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on January 12, 1924 was between 1.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.