About the day » Wednesday October 1, 1924Calender converter

• Annie Zeelander, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Arie de Leeuw, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Berend Wolters, Hoensbroek, LI Netherlands († 1944)
• Alton B. Stevens, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Berend de Vries, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)
• Anna Catharina Josepha COSTERMANS, Wildert († 1984)
• Christina Mary Ricci, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Catharina Maria Stokman, Haarlem († 1926)
• Alwood Vincent Hendrickson († 1985)
• Annigje van der Zouwen, Ameide († 1994)

• Albert Brookman (68), Emmen
• Albert Weerman (40), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Platteeuw (78), Hoofdplaat
• Alfredo Américo de Souza Rangel (59), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Antonie Kieboom (100), Heusden, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verbakel (72), Beek en Donk, Nederland
• Adriaan Lambertus Cornelis Jeronimus (10), Rotterdam
• Albert Lohof (0), Bellingwolde
• Abraham Bos (72), Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antje Gramsma (69)

• 1921 » James Whitmore, American actor († 2009)
• 1922 » Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 » Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter († 2014)
• 1924 » Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant and politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 » Leonie Kramer, Australian academic († 2016)
• 1924 » Roger Williams, American pianist († 2011)
• 1924 » William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States († 2005)
• 1927 » Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
• 1927 » Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge († 2006)
• 1927 » Tom Bosley, American actor († 2010)

• 1901 » Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
• 1913 » Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)

• 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 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
• 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.

The temperature on October 1, 1924 was between 8.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.