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• Alphonsina Antonia Amandina Delsaer, Alken, België († 1925)
• Adam de GROOT, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Antonius van Oostrom († 1995)
• Clazina Maria Margaretha Liefveld, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1995)
• Berendina Johanna Jacoba Blokker, Lochem († 1998)
• Alida Stam, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 2001)
• Anna Josephina PIRENS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1993)
• Anna Dorothea Huberta Margaretha Lilly Laura van Randow, Basedow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern († 1968)
• "Aimery" Serge Robert Marie Roussel de Courcy, Manoir de La Choltais, Antrain, Ille-et-Vilaine, France († 2018)
• Augustinus Jozef Verluyten, Oostham, Limburg, België († 1989)

• Carl Gottlieb Amman (57), Republican City, Harlan, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Grond (0), Vrouwenparochie
• Cornelia Pellikaan (31), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Acia May Spaulding (39)
• Cornelia Brouwers (68), Oud-Drimmelen
• Christiaan Leijsma (73), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Zegers (80), Alphen en Riel
• Antonius Hendrikus de Boer (0), Slagharen
• Bernard ABEL (47)
• Charles Thomas Moore (77), Hill House, Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, Royaume-Uni

• 1922 » Kay Starr, American singer († 2016)
• 1922 » Mollie Sugden, English actress († 2009)
• 1923 » Queenie Watts, English actress and singer († 1980)
• 1923 » Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 » Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1924 » Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan
• 1925 » Johnny Peirson, Canadian hockey player
• 1926 » Bill Pertwee, English actor († 2013)
• 1926 » Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1926 » Paul Burke, American actor († 2009)

• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)

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.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
• December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on July 21, 1924 was between 12.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.