About the day » Friday December 5, 1924Calender converter

• Agnes, Gräfin Colloredo von Mannsfeld, Sierndorf († 1970)
• Anna Isabelle Fjerdingstad, l'Isle-Adam, Frankrig († 1988)
• (Stillborn) FREESE, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1924)
• Anna Maria (Annie) Ettema, Harlingen († 2003)
• Allen Culpepper Bullock Jr., Maine († 2009)
• Alice Janet Brugge, Hollywood, California, Verenigde Staten († 1925)
• Alje DALLINGA, Oterdum († 1982)
• Albert Otter, Steenwijk († 2001)
• Anna Koning, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 1991)
• Aaltje Waaijenberg, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1969)

• Adriaan Finson (87), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Goudriaan (51), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Anje Rozeboom (31), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antoni Simons Meijer (74), Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Levie HAKKER (65), Amsterdam
• ANTONIUS WIJNSTEKERS (1), LITHOIJEN
• Andries Leendert Duivekot (87), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, VS
• Anna Gertrudis Simons (65), Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Nederland
• Betsie Speelman (42), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Meijer (74), Vledder

• 1919 » Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician († 2020)
• 1921 » Alvy Moore, American actor and producer († 1997)
• 1922 » Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist († 2011)
• 1922 » Don Robertson, American songwriter and pianist († 2015)
• 1924 » Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician († 1978)
• 1925 » Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua († 1980)
• 1926 » Adetowun Ogunsheye, first female Nigerian professor and university dean
• 1927 » Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king († 2016)
• 1927 » W.D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan musician and composer († 2016)
• 1929 » Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author († 2014)

• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)

• 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.
• April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

The temperature on December 5, 1924 was between 5.6 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.