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• Gatze Tjalsma, Nijland († 2005)
• Aaltje Braam († 1979)
• Bernardus (Bernard) Antonius Jellema, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1993)
• Aafke Trientje (Evelyn) Klooster, Winsum († 2002)
• Albert Jan Westenberg, Brucht († 2003)
• Bernardus Antonius jellema, Driesum († 1993)
• Albert Pieper, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1999)
• Amelia Gans
• Benoit Leys, Sint-Denijs-Westrem († 1996)
• Annie Pauel

• Cornelia (Keetje) Hage (73)
• Catharina Maria Jonker (43), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina van der Jagt (30), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Ludovicus (Louis) Ouwerkerk (78), Gemeente Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Jans de Vries (90), Bovenknijpe Heerenveen Friesland
• Augusto Luiz de Almeida (57), Brasil
• Catharina Meijer (87), Delfzijl (Groningen)
• Cornelia Mustert (84), Loon op Zand
• Carel Joseph Bex (64), Schinveld, LI, Netherlands
• Anje Schuitema (48), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1921 » Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach († 2013)
• 1921 » Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer († 2003)
• 1922 » Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist († 2001)
• 1922 » Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer († 2012)
• 1923 » Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1923 » Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1923 » Linda Darnell, American actress († 1965)
• 1924 » Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor († 2014)
• 1925 » Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer
• 1926 » Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO

• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)

• 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.
• 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 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.

The temperature on October 16, 1924 was between 6.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.