About the day » Saturday February 9, 1924Calender converter

• Alessandro Romano Borghese, Palermo, Italie († 1994)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria Hoevenberg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Alberdina Theresia van Poppel, Uden, Gemeente Uden, North Brabant, Niederlande († 2003)
• Barteld Warner Kuiper, Oldeholtwolde, Friesland, Netherlands († 2000)
• Catharina Antonetta Pelkmans, Ginneken en Bavel († 2007)
• Anna Houkes, Rotterdam († 1938)
• Berend Junte, Doornspijk, Gld. Nederland († 1924)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria galesloot, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)
• Berend van der Paard, Termunten († 2010)
• Arie Hendrik Molendijk († 2007)

• Antoon Hubert Debets (0), Merkelbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Watermulder (0), Sappemeer
• Anna Maria Rolink (1), Losser
• Allegonda Maria Remkes (77), Groningen,Groningen,Nederland
• Antonius Klijn (94), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Hylarides (90), Exmorra, Friesland, Nederland
• Niks (0), Valthermond
• Aaltje Bonsel (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline Agnes Soutter (78), Wellington, New Zealand
• Arendje Stoel (71), Ijsselmuiden

• 1922 » C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts († 2014)
• 1922 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster († 1986)
• 1922 » Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano († 2010)
• 1922 » Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist († 2005)
• 1923 » Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright († 1964)
• 1923 » Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician († 2014)
• 1925 » Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic († 2001)
• 1925 » John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
• 1926 » Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland († 2011)
• 1927 » Richard A. Long, American historian and author († 2013)

• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)

• 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 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
• 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.

The temperature on February 9, 1924 was between -0.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.