About the day » Saturday December 6, 1924Calender converter

• Adriaan de Pagter, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1998)
• Albertus Ale van der Schaar († 1971)
• Adriaan de Pagter, Westkapelle († 1998)
• Arend Arendsz 1 van Berkum, Haarlem († 1942)
• Albertus Katrienis Koch, Geldermalsen († 2007)
• Anna Jean Smith, Decater, Macon, Illinois († 2000)
• Catharina Hendrica van Zundert, Standdaarbuiten
• Catharina Hordijk, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Johannes Cornelis Baten, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 2001)
• Antonetta Maria Arnolda Houtepen, Goirle († 1966)

• Anna Maria Elisabeth Van Bree (52), Weert,Gemeente Weert,Limburg,Nederland
• Berber Hendriks Ypma (68), Westdongeradeel
• Cornelis van der Zwaan (74), Amsterdam
• (71), Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
• Albertus Serné (71), Meppel
• Constance Fanny Lushington (66), New Forest, Hampshire, England
• Angelo Quartiero (68), Sombrio, Santa Catarina, Brazil
• (Stillborn) SIERSEMA (0), Niebert Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje Verhoef (42), Ouder Amstel
• Catharina Goes (7), Den Helder

• 1920 » Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer († 2012)
• 1920 » George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1920 » Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer († 2015)
• 1921 » Otto Graham, American football player and coach († 2003)
• 1921 » Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer († 2004)
• 1922 » Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician († 2016)
• 1922 » John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient († 1944)
• 1924 » Wally Cox, American actor († 1973)
• 1927 » Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower († 2010)
• 1928 » Bobby Van, American actor, dancer, and singer († 1980)

• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)

• 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.
• February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
• 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.
• June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
• August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
• September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

The temperature on December 6, 1924 was between 4.6 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.