About the day » Monday November 17, 1924Calender converter

• Cornelia Catherina van der Kloot, zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Langerak, Rotterdam († 1966)
• Andries Van De Beek, Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Nederland († 1968)
• Christoffel van den Bos, Delft († 1999)
• Bart Bos († 2012)
• Annechien van Klinken, Tweede Exloërmond, Drenthe, Nederland († 2014)
• Albertus Johannes Adam, Harderwijk († 1987)
• Cornelis Franx, Den Haag († 1925)
• Antoon Koppelman, Haaksbergen († 1998)
• Andries van de Beek, Hoevelaken († 1968)

• Adriaan Groot (79), Den Helder
• Alle Leertouwer (51), Groningen (Groningen)
• Coenraad Hartsuijker (49), Haarlem
• Adriaantje Zandijk (80), Paris Twp, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arnold Sexton (1)
• * Zeger de Groot (68), Vlijmen
• Angus Gillis (76), Sudney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
• Jan Van Zwol (77), Hollandscheveld
• Cornelis David van Raalten (56), Ede,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Daniel Warren Seal (64), Hancock, Mississippi, United States

• 1921 » Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and illustrator († 2019)
• 1922 » Jack Froggatt, English footballer († 1993)
• 1922 » Stanley Cohen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2020)
• 1923 » Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdean politician, 1st President of Cape Verde († 2011)
• 1923 » Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 2001)
• 1923 » Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop († 2009)
• 1923 » Mike Garcia, American baseball player († 1986)
• 1925 » Charles Mackerras, American-Australian oboe player and conductor († 2010)
• 1925 » Jean Faut, American baseball player and bowler
• 1925 » Rock Hudson, American actor († 1985)

• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)

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.
• February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• 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).
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on November 17, 1924 was between -7.0 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.