About the day » Wednesday April 30, 1924Calender converter

• Antonius Dominicus Bernardus van Dalen, Huissen, Gemeente Lingewaard, Gelderland, Niederlande († 1997)
• Anthony Matthew Bower, Dallas Twp., Clinton Co., Michigan († 1971)
• Charles Robert Fee († 2019)
• Anna Frederika Bouhuys, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Bakx, Halsteren
• Arend Rozema († 2003)
• Aleida Bols, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)
• Antje Bos, Oude Pekela, Nederland († 2015)
• Anthonius Johannes Gerardus Crone, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Anna Frederika Bouhuijs, Rotterdam († 2008)

• Aleida Willemina ter Slaa (80), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Houdkamp (71), Noordgouwe
• Arie van de MERWE (64), Dordrecht
• Barbara Mayer (67), Veprovac, Vojvodina, Srbija, Yugoslavia
• Aaltje de Gelder (60), Rhoon
• Adrianus Johannes Donkers (46), Zevenbergen
• Abraham Houtkamp (71), Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie van de Merwe (64), Dubbeldam
• Aleida Wilhelmina te Slaa (80), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adam Bastiaan VAN OFFENBEEK (54), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1920 » Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot († 1994)
• 1921 » Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS († 2014)
• 1922 » Anton Murray, South African cricketer († 1995)
• 1923 » Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna († 2004)
• 1923 » Percy Heath, American bassist († 2005)
• 1924 » Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author († 2008)
• 1925 » Corinne Calvet, French actress († 2001)
• 1925 » Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1960)
• 1926 » Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian
• 1926 » Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer († 2011)

• 1891 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1863)
• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)

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.
• March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• 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 April 30, 1924 was between 2.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.