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• Adrianus Hendricus Maria Porre, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Afra Maria Kuijs-, Bergen, Nederland († 2012)
• Arthur Cox McArthur († 2016)
• Arlene Dodrill († 1986)
• Adrian C. Doornbos, Michigan, V.S († 2004)
• Albertje Hekman, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bruin Sier, Volendam, Nederland († 1970)
• Afra Maria Kuijs, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Beatrice Alene Melton, Willow Grove, Clay County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Annie Suntjes († 1996)

• Anna Maria Cornelia de Roij (58), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angenietje de Geus van den Heuvel (60), Catricum
• Aartje Maria van Bokkum (25), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angenietje de Geus van den Heuvel (60), Castricum
• Franken, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus van der Harst (89), Den Haag
• Albert W Kemper (15), Pulaski, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Gerhardus Rutten (70), Steenderen
• Aloijsius van Beek (0), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Westerbeke (70), Westkapelle

• 1920 » Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright († 1995)
• 1921 » Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer († 1993)
• 1921 » Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman († 1986)
• 1921 » LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter († 2012)
• 1921 » Olga Nardone, American actress († 2010)
• 1921 » Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia († 2008)
• 1924 » Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2013)
• 1924 » Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic († 2013)
• 1925 » Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States († 2018)
• 1927 » Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer († 2020)

• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)

• 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.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• 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).
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on June 8, 1924 was between 10.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.