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• Christiaan Warmenhoven, Beverwijk († 1997)
• Bontje Ebeltje Houtman († 2011)
• Cornelia Petronella van Os, Lienden, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1989)
• Abraham Spanjar, Rotterdam († 1945)
• (Stillborn) VAN DER TUIN, Bedum Groningen Netherlands († 1924)
• Arthur Cordell KUYPER, Sioux Center, Sioux, IA († 1997)
• Agnes Francisca Joanna Van Gucht, Bornem († 2009)
• Arendje Ros, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna van den Eijnden, Lierop,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1987)
• Barbara Maria Anna van Gelderen († 2007)

• Aaltje Adriana Korevaar (68), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Kik (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Uijl (84), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Schoonewille (80), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Eisenga (83)
• Adriaan Moens (77), Meliskerke
• Adriana Schellekens (37), Ginneken en Bavel
• ? Benjamins (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VAN DER TUIN (0), Bedum Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje Schonewille- (80), Barger-Oosterveen, Nederland

• 1920 » Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver († 2007)
• 1920 » Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy († 2016)
• 1922 » Redd Foxx, American actor († 1991)
• 1925 » Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1926 » David Nathan, British journalist († 2001)
• 1926 » Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1926 » Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author († 1995)
• 1926 » Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach († 1972)
• 1927 » Pierre Henry, French composer († 2017)
• 1928 » Joan Blos, American author and educator († 2017)

• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)

• 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 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
• March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• 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 9, 1924 was between -1.6 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.