About the day » Thursday May 8, 1924Calender converter

• Catherina Helena Heida, Velsen († 1994)
• Arend Petrus Leonardus Donders, Den Haag († 1992)
• Albert Iekes Sevinga, Burum, Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Alexis 'Micky' TERLINDEN, Schaerbeek, 21015, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2016)
• Dirk Boereboom, Rotterdam († 1930)
• Cornelis Antonie Hobo, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Andre Demedts, Merkem († 2011)
• Albert Sevinga, Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• blanche van lier, thiemen (belgie)
• Alida van den Eijkel, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)

• Arie van de Velde (61), Zaamslag, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Bastiaan van der Schoor (80), Nieuw Beijerland
• Aaltje Sierink (73)
• Andries Kop Jansen (73), Renkum
• Catharina Johanna Berger (68), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan van der Schoor (80), Oud-Beijerland, Nederland
• Heremans (0), Bornem
• Arie van de Velde (61), Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andrew Parks Clements (72), Telfair County, Georgia
• Arie van der Maas (71), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1920 » Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director († 1996)
• 1920 » Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator († 1991)
• 1922 » Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author († 1992)
• 1924 » S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic († 1989)
• 1925 » Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania
• 1926 » David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
• 1926 » David Hurst, German actor († 2019)
• 1926 » Don Rickles, American comedian and actor († 2017)
• 1927 » Chumy Chúmez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1927 » László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal († 2015)

• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)

• 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 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
• March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
• 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).
• 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.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on May 8, 1924 was between 4.0 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.