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• Donald R Busch, Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa († 1992)
• Cornelia Hillegonda Jillings, Enkhuizen († 1991)
• Dirk Johan Huele, Amsterdam (NH, NLD) († 2001)
• Arie van Steenis, Waardenburg († 1984)
• Annechien Oldenbeuving, Borger († 2013)
• Barend Laurens Verzijden († 2005)
• Claribel Dixie Hornberger, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois († 1993)
• Cornelis Johannes Jongenelen, Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Adrianus Broersen, Akersloot († 2016)
• Adriana Bernadine van Lamoen, Kimberly, Outagamie county, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Aantje Paardekooper (70), Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas
• Angenietje Folkerts Huitema (73), Bakhuizen, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Oosterwaal (89), Loon op Zand
• Angenietje HUITEMA (73), Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Tol (56), Oud-Beijerland
• Alida Anna Blanskleij (63), Voorburg
• Angenietje Huitema (73), Gaasterland
• Annetje Lutke (2), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Adrdr Straathof (63), Voorschoten
• Apolonia Pieternella Oostdam (77), Tilburg

• 1921 » Richard Deacon, American actor († 1984)
• 1922 » Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia († 1999)
• 1923 » Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2019)
• 1923 » Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1925 » Al Porcino, American trumpet player († 2013)
• 1925 » Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer († 1997)
• 1925 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver († 1985)
• 1925 » Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress († 2016)
• 1925 » Sophie Kurys, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1926 » Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor († 1984)

• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)

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.
• January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• 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.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
• December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.

The temperature on May 14, 1924 was between 8.2 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.