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• Catharina (Katrien) van Kesteren, Kortenhoef († 2014)
• David Elmer Williams, Macon, Macon, Missouri, United States († 2012)
• Cornelia Maria Nouwens, Vessem († 2012)
• Doetje Steffers, Ede (Gld.) († 2013)
• Abraham SCHIPPER, Rotterdam († 2016)
• Barta Kortus, Ede, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1999)
• Christina Adriana Kemp, Bodegraven († 2009)
• Dirk Alles van der Vaart, Westerzand († 1999)
• Cornelis Paulus Aloijsius van den Hoven, Tilburg († 1975)
• Christina Leenders, Nijmegen († 2008)

• Aart Lokers (55), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfonsius Hubertus Jacobs (82), Zepperen, België
• Adriana Johanna Klijs (0), Etten-Leur (NL)
• Alida BUTER (83), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Loon (81), Oss
• Arnoldus Hubertus de Beer (77), Eersel, the Netherlands
• Alexander Calloway Gideon Harmon (68), Des Moines, Iowa
• Afke (Taekes) Westerbaan (59), Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland Nederland
• ANNA ELISABETH CLAES (65), LUYKSGESTEL
• Aaltje Leeftink (62), Enschede

• 1922 » Paul Scofield, English actor († 2008)
• 1922 » Telly Savalas, American actor († 1994)
• 1923 » Alberto de Mendoza, Argentine actor († 2011)
• 1923 » Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress († 1995)
• 1923 » Pahiño, Spanish footballer († 2012)
• 1924 » Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1925 » Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer († 2014)
• 1925 » Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager († 2007)
• 1925 » Charles Aidman, American actor († 1993)
• 1925 » Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author († 2010)

• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
• 1933 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)

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.
• May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
• June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
• July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

The temperature on January 21, 1924 was between -1.7 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.