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• Benjamin van Frank, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Benedict Henry Wolken, Scipio, Anderson, Kansas, The United States of America († 2009)
• Anne Adema, Twizel († 2016)
• Agatha Jelles ALTENBURG, Tirns (Wymbritseradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1955)
• Anton BARENDRECHT, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 1999)
• Binne Veenstra, ,, Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Arie Gijsbert van Bokkum, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Albertus Gerritse, Ede († 1983)
• Binne Veenstra, Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf († 1969)
• Arthur William Ennema, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2008)

• Anthonie Griffioen (72), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie (Anthonie) Griffioen (72), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijsa Adriana Melsen + (76), Ossendrecht, Noord Braban, Nederland
• Aloijsa Adriana Melsen (76), Ossendrecht, 4641, Hollande
• Bessie D. or L. Hickman (31)
• Barbara Mergen (55), Hennepin County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Wilhelmina Van Emden (1), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Rongen, Wanroij
• Adriana KOOI, Gouda
• Anna Jacoba Bosscha (65), Haarlem

• 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)

• 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 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
• September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
• October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
• November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

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.