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• Anna Helena Krops, Vlagtwedde († 2006)
• Anna Maria van Doormalen, Eindhoven († 1925)
• Berndina Johanna Smolders, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1997)
• Arcenne August Marie Buijsse, Biervliet († 1924)
• Aalderik Speelman, Annerveenschekanaal, Anloo († 1996)
• Adrie Maatkamp († 2020)
• Betty Ruth Brown, Elk River, Sherborne County, Minnesota († 2018)
• Bruno LEHRER, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany († 1997)
• Anna Adema, Twijzel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Schindler († 1944)

• Antonie (Anthonie) Griffioen (72), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Dignum (43), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Hendrik Lohuis (69), Aalten
• Mary (50), Bloomfield Twn.Logan Co. Ohio
• Anna Jacoba Bosscha (65), Haarlem
• Adrianus Coremans (81), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloijsa Adriana Melsen (76), Ossendrecht, 4641, Hollande
• Anna Prins (65), Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Catharina van Duijnhoven (24), Grave
• Alexander Garden Clarkson (70)

• 1921 » Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout († 1998)
• 1921 » Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician († 1995)
• 1921 » Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright († 1947)
• 1922 » Ted Hinton, Northern Irish international footballer († 1988)
• 1923 » Edith Fellows, American actress († 2011)
• 1923 » Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer († 1994)
• 1924 » David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician († 1976)
• 1925 » Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 († 2001)
• 1926 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver († 1956)

• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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.
• 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.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• 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.
• November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

The temperature on May 20, 1924 was between 13.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.