About the day » Thursday November 20, 1924Calender converter

• Agnes Bott, Bad Honnef, Dld († 2009)
• Alexander van Ingen, amsterdam, Nederland († 2011)
• Arnoldus Petrus van der Geld, Den Haag,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 2013)
• Adelheid Wilhelmina Klaartje Sanders, Rotterdam († 1927)
• An van Meerveld († 1995)
• Philliponi, Albury, New South Wales, Australia († 2006)
• Allegonda van Hees, Alphen en Riel († 1926)
• Aksel Einmo, Einmo, Granhei, Nord-Rana, Nordland († 1993)
• Alida Keff, Zaandam († 2000)
• Anna Cornelia Gleijm, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)

• Veldstra (0), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart den Hartog (65), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aart den Hartog (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Willems de Boer (69), Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland
• "Adolf" Maximiliaan Hubert Maria von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels (64), Schloss Longenburg, Königswinter, Allemagne
• Anna Maria Cornelia Geboers (31), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van HOFTEN (76), Dreumel,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Blondeel, Antwerpen
• Aagje Koster (62)
• Alpha Burton (49), Locke, Franklin County, Arkansas

• 1923 » Danny Dayton, American actor and director († 1999)
• 1923 » Gunnar Åkerlund, Swedish sprint canoer († 2006)
• 1923 » Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2014)
• 1923 » Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer († 2005)
• 1924 » Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist († 2010)
• 1924 » Henk Vredeling, Dutch agronomist and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence († 2007)
• 1924 » Karen Harup, Danish swimmer († 2009)
• 1924 » Michael Riffaterre, French literary critic and theorist († 2006)
• 1924 » Timothy Evans, († 1950)
• 1925 » June Christy, American singer († 1990)

• 1918 » John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b.1882)
• 1923 » Allen Holubar, American actor and director
• 1924 » Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman and the father of the Football Association and modern football (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Alexandra of Denmark, queen of England (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Bill Holland, American track and field athlete (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Augustine Birrell, British politician (b. 1815)
• 1934 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » John Jellicoe, Royal Navy officer (b. 1859)
• 1936 » Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

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.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on November 20, 1924 was between 2.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.