About the day » Tuesday July 8, 1924Calender converter

• Benny Schmidgall, Batavia
• Aagje Visscher, Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Auktje Thies, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Arie Adrianus van Weelden, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 2004)
• Adriaan Sinke († 1992)
• Aagje Visser, Edam Volendam († 1945)
• Apolonia Cornelia Bruijnseels, Brunssum († 2006)
• Agina Hollander, Valtherkijl, Odoorn († 2018)
• Bertha Eliza Huguenin, Addy, Stevens Co., Washington († 1989)
• Abraham ( Albert ) Nabarro, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1924)

• Cornelis Schriek (46), Asperen
• Antonius Henricus Hubertus van de Venne (18), Roermond
• Blaak (0), Ridderkerk
• Ann Jane Sheran (76), Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Arie Wisse (38), Biervliet, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Bakker (76), Grootebroek NH, Stede Broec
• Auktje Smid (77), Dennenoord gem. Zuidlaren
• Bertha Karoline Luise Mathilde Grashof (85), São Mateus do Sul, Paraná, Brasil
• Both (28), Ouagadougoau, Africa
• Adriaantje Kamp (78), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1923 » Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler († 2019)
• 1924 » Charles C. Droz, American politician
• 1924 » Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter († 2005)
• 1925 » Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman from New Jersey
• 1925 » Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback († 2019)
• 1925 » Dominique Nohain, French actor, screenwriter and director († 2017)
• 1925 » Marco Cé, Italian cardinal († 2014)
• 1926 » David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author († 2014)
• 1926 » John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician († 2019)
• 1926 » Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender

• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)

• 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 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• 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.

The temperature on July 8, 1924 was between 9.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.