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• Adeline Grunwald, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States († 1930)
• Dirk van Hameren († 2000)
• Alie de Heer, Epe († 1994)
• Goudriaan, uithoorn (noord holland)
• Adriana Pouwelina Pieternella van Neutegem, Rotterdam († 2015)
• Anna Maria van Maurik, Best († 1928)
• Alberta Hendrika Wijnhoud, Amersfoort, UTR, Nederland († 2008)
• Albert Meijer, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Albert Juliën Mortier, Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1984)
• Donna Lucille DeGlopper, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2001)

• Catharina Maria Zuidinga (13), Zwolle, Overijssel, the Netherlands
• Amedeus Vercauteren (50)
• Anna Maria Hartgerink (52), Haarlem, Nederland
• Adolphus, Amandus Van Den Abbeele (67), Wieze
• Alida Aaltje Oud (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonette Maria Ewijk, van (66), Eindhoven
• Aagje Van Rhijn (84), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• baby Hooker (0), Sheridan Twp-Mi (CA)
• Antje Posthuma (88), Tzummarum
• Arris Hardeman (0), Maarsbergen

• 1921 » Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer († 1996)
• 1921 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1922 » Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 2015)
• 1922 » Ruth Roman, American actress († 1999)
• 1923 » Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author
• 1924 » Frank Corsaro, American actor and director († 2017)
• 1925 » Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1925 » Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist († 2006)
• 1926 » Alcides Ghiggia, Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1926 » Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer († 2014)

• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)

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.
• May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• 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).
• November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
• 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 temperature on December 22, 1924 was between -1.4 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.