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• Antonia Egberta Gerarda Josephina Wouters, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Angelica Tromp († 2002)
• Aartje Davelaar († 2002)
• Antonius Geurts, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• van der Linden, Giessendam († 1924)
• Adriana Cornelia de Moor, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Arie den Hollander († 1994)
• Adrianus Josephus van Zandvoort, Heeswijk († 2001)
• Arthur Mott Corbin, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Antonetta Sebastiana C. Rasenberg, Wagenberg († 1991)

• Adriaan Willem van Os (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Hendriks Westerbeek (68), Arnhem
• Aileen Elizabeth McAvoy (8), Hastings, Ontario, Canada
• Alida Margaretha Brommer (83), Muntendam, Nederland
• Antonius Jacobs (70), Ginneken en Bavel
• Arij WILLEMSTEIN (72), 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Albert Westerbeek (68), Arnhem
• Adriana Maria Tibosch (29), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ariaantje van Malden (Langendoen) (75), Brielle
• van der Linden (0), Giessendam

• 1921 » Cameron Argetsinger, American race car driver and lawyer († 2008)
• 1921 » Terence Cooke, American cardinal († 1983)
• 1922 » William Gaines, American publisher († 1992)
• 1922 » Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1924 » Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1924 » Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut († 1993)
• 1926 » Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2013)
• 1926 » Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor († 1992)
• 1926 » Pete Rozelle, American businessman and commissioner of the National Football League († 1996)
• 1926 » Robert Clary, French-American actor and author

• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)

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.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• 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.
• February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
• July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
• October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.

The temperature on March 1, 1924 was between -1.1 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.