About the day » Sunday March 2, 1924Calender converter

• Albert Doornbusch, Rheezerveen († 1947)
• Camille Vandevoordt, Groot-Gelmen, België († 2014)
• Andreas Maria van Wijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Alice Mary Capps († 1994)
• Christiaan Jozef Michiel Gijsbers, Meerlo, Nederland († 1999)
• Bernardus Josef Leferink, Borne († 1981)
• Christiaan Jozef Michiel Gijsbers, Meerlo († 1999)
• Albert Corba, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1990)
• ANDREA MARIE-JEANNE TIBERGHIEN, France († 2006)
• Bernardus Josef (Bernard) Leferink, Borne († 1981)

• Aagtje Hindriks van der Veen (82), Grijpskerk, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana FARO (66), 's Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonino CASUBULO (74), Marsala,91025,Trapani,Sicile,ITALIE
• Alphonse OBRÉ (71), Belleuse, 80160, Somme, Picardie, FRANCE
• Aagje van der Priem (52), Rotterdam
• Antje Jans de Vries (21), Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Roth (84), Middelburg
• Abraham Roth (84), Middelburg
• Aagtje van der Veen (82), Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Angie Belle Stephenson (61), Calloway County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten

• 1922 » Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1999)
• 1922 » Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American saxophonist († 1986)
• 1922 » Frances Spence, American computer programmer († 2012)
• 1923 » Basil Hume, English cardinal († 1999)
• 1923 » Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1923 » Robert H. Michel, American soldier and politician († 2017)
• 1924 » Cal Abrams, American baseball player († 1997)
• 1924 » Renos Apostolidis, Greek philologist, author, and critic († 2004)
• 1926 » Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal († 2014)
• 1926 » Murray Rothbard, American economist and historian († 1995)

• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)

• 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.
• March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• 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.
• May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
• June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on March 2, 1924 was between -1.7 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.