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Born on Tuesday December 16, 1924
- Bernard Frederik van Diermen, Baarn († 2004)
- Antoon Joseph Bitter, Ubach over Worms († 2001)
- Clarence Harold Pense, Cromwell, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
- Armand Noelanders, Gelinden, België († 1979)
- Adriaan Jan Nijsse, Ellewoutsdijk († 1932)
- Cornelia Heeren, Oud en Nieuw Gastel (NL) († 2002)
- Charles Alfred Vanhulle, Berkeley, Alameda, California, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
- Berend Zwiggelaar, Erica gem Emmen († 2012)
- Allagonda Anthonia Harmine ALTA, Amsterdam († 1997)
- Alfons CLAES († 1986)
Died on Tuesday December 16, 1924
- Anne Jans de Leeuw (63), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
- Antonius Johannes Buter (20), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Orbon (52), Baexem, Limburg, Netherlands
- Arendina Rosing (62), Groningen
- Anna CAPTIJN (75), Haarlem
- Adam Tabbers, Adam
- Adriana de Klerk (54), Houten, Nederland
- Anna Maria Orbon (52), Baexem
- Abelardo Croes (0), Santa Cruz, Aruba
- Anthonia Bernhart (25), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 16, 1924 at Delpher
- Voorwaarts : sociaal-democratisch dagblad
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- Het Centrum
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- De tribune : soc. dem. weekblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
Born on December 16
- 1921 » Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2003)
- 1922 » Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records († 2008)
- 1923 » Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist († 2014)
- 1923 » Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist
- 1924 » Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator († 1993)
- 1926 » A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2014)
- 1926 » James McCracken, American tenor and actor († 1988)
- 1926 » Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter († 2012)
- 1927 » Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet († 2015)
- 1927 » Randall Garrett, American author and poet († 1987)
Died on December 16
- 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
- 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
- 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
- 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
- 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
- 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
- 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
- 1940 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
- 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
- 1943 » George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
Names that were popular for boys in 1924
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
- Maria
- Gerrit
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1924
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Marie
- Antonia
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1924
- 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.
- April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
- June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
- June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
- August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
- 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 weather on Tuesday December 16, 1924
The temperature on December 16, 1924 was between 0.6 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI