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• Aaltje Vonk, Oosterwolde, Friesland, Nederland († 1962)
• Betty Jane Bowman, Carroll Co, Maryland († 2001)
• Antonius Nicolaas Bertens, Tilburg († 2004)
• Agnes Theresia Catharina Maria Hoppenbrouwers, Tilburg († 2008)
• Ank Kraakman, Warmenhuizen († 1987)
• Arie Wit († 1987)
• Albertus Nicolaas Hoogervorst, Ter Aar († 2004)
• Camiel Leonard Vergeylen, Wetteren († 2014)
• Aaltje Vonk, Oosterwolde († 1962)
• Ana Isabel de Jesus, Morrinhos, Goiás, Brasil († 2014)

• Adriaan Hirdes (62), Rilland-Bath
• Adrianus van der Zalm (68), Wassenaar
• Antonia Teresia van Dam (73)
• Antonia Vreeswijk (56), Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Christianus Thijssen (70), Meerlo
• Aaltje Mulder (31), Bussum
• Aaltje Buddingh (53), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Wolffert (73), Stad aan 't Haringvliet (Goeree-Overflakkee), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Margaretha Brinker (40), Emmen, Dr., Nederland
• Adriana Magdalenna van den Berg (30), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1922 » Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress († 1994)
• 1923 » Edward Mulhare, Irish-American actor († 1997)
• 1923 » George Fisher, American cartoonist († 2003)
• 1924 » Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English general and historian († 2006)
• 1924 » Frédéric Back, German-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1924 » Kumar Gandharva, Hindustani classical singer († 1992)
• 1924 » Sara Northrup Hollister, American occultist († 1997)
• 1926 » Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners († 2020)
• 1926 » Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic
• 1926 » Shecky Greene, American actor

• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)

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 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.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• 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.
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
• 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 8, 1924 was between 0.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.