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June 25, 1924Died on Thursday June 26, 1924
- Anna Maria Verheggen (71), Weert
- Anna Catharina Meijers (79), Voerendaal (Klimmen) (Limburg)
- Carel Evarist Vanwelssenaere (51)
- Aagje van der Plas (63), Haarlem
- Arie Bode (0), Ridderkerk
- Arnoldus Blokdijk (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Clasina Schimmel (81), Vreeswijk (Nieuwegein)
- Clasina Anna Margaritha van Essenberg (86), UTRECHT
- Albertus Delfos (73), Leiden
- Arie Krijnen (57), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Born on June 26
- 1922 » Eleanor Parker, American actress († 2013)
- 1922 » Enzo Apicella, English artist, cartoonist, designer, and restaurateur († 2018)
- 1922 » Walter Farley, American author († 1989)
- 1923 » Ed Bearss, American veteran of World War II
- 1923 » Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor († 2014)
- 1924 » James W. McCord Jr., CIA officer († 2017)
- 1924 » Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author († 2010)
- 1925 » Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman
- 1925 » Pavel Belyayev, Russian soldier, pilot, and astronaut († 1970)
- 1925 » Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player († 2006)
Died on June 26
- 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
- 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
- 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
- 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
- 1932 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
- 1938 » Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
- 1938 » James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)
- 1939 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
- 1943 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
- 1945 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)
Names that were popular for boys in 1924
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Gerardus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Maria
- Gerrit
- Hendrikus
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1924
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Marie
- Antonia
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1924
- 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.
- March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
- April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
- May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
- October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
- December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
- December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
The weather on Thursday June 26, 1924
The temperature on June 26, 1924 was between 12.1 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI