About the day » Thursday December 18, 1924Calender converter

• Arie Sjoerd Drapers, Austerlitz (Gem. Zeist) († 2006)
• Aaltje Harms, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1963)
• Benjamin Franklin Grier I, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America († 1989)
• Aime Marcel De Schepper, Sint-Denijs-Boekel (Zwalm) († 2000)
• Berber Zuidema, Dantumadeel (Dantumadeel) (Friesland) († 1925)
• Arie Johannes Olivier, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1991)
• Andries Helms, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1931)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van den Haan, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1924)
• Ada Houttuin, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Albert Weijdema, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)

• Alida Werf (73), Kampen, Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria (2) Sleeckx (33), Sint Antonius Brecht, België
• Alexander James THORNTON (61), 26 Argyle Road, Bognor, Sussex
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van den Haan (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Bernardus Johan Aalbers (36), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alice Gezon (63), Grand Rapids-Michigan (USA)
• Anna Elisabeth Hak (29), Muiden, Gooise Meren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabet Hak (29), Muiden, Gooise Meren
• Adriana Opschoor (68), Alkemade
• Antonius Cornelis Dingjan (20), Leiden

• 1920 » Robert Leckie, American soldier and author († 2001)
• 1922 » Esther Lederberg, American microbiologist († 2006)
• 1922 » Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1923 » Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London († 2019)
• 1927 » Ramsey Clark, American lawyer and politician, 66th United States Attorney General
• 1927 » Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada († 2009)
• 1928 » Harold Land, American tenor saxophonist († 2001)
• 1928 » Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph and author († 2003)
• 1929 » Gino Cimoli, American baseball player († 2011)
• 1929 » Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal († 2013)

• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)

• 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.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• 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.

The temperature on December 18, 1924 was between 5.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.