About the day » Friday August 1, 1924Calender converter

• Antoon Aimé Joseph Lievens, Knokke († 2001)
• Augustinus Theophiel Franciscus Van den Hemel, Nederland Zeeland Borsele 's-Heerenhoek († 1992)
• Annie Hertogen, Riemst,, Limburg, België († 2012)
• Adriana Koster, Yerseke († 1980)
• Alex van der Knaap, Nieuw-Helvoet († 1992)
• * Gijsbertha Jacoba (Bep) Bunt, Ermelo († 2016)
• Berendina Maria Bronwasser, Hilversum († 1996)
• Antonia de Wolf, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Anna Maria Adriana Kroes, Baarn († 2016)
• Albertus Franciscus Maria Baaten, Alphen en Riel († 2008)

• Adriana Frijters (80), Princenhage
• anoniem Poppelier (0), Sint-Amandsberg, België
• Aaltje Laurens de Klein (76), Nieuw-Weerdinge (Emmen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Frijters (83), Princenhage, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Zouwen (5), Gorinchem
• Cornelis van Giersbergen (77), Drunen
• Adriana Quist (70), Huron County, Michigan (USA)
• Cornelis Vermeulen (65), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ardina Josephina van der Pol (32), uden
• Adriana Johanna van Limborgh (60)

• 1921 » Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1922 » Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor († 2006)
• 1923 » Val Bettin, American actor
• 1924 » Abdullah of Saudi Arabia († 2015)
• 1924 » Frank Havens, American canoeist († 2018)
• 1924 » Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer († 1967)
• 1924 » Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer († 2007)
• 1925 » Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author († 2000)
• 1926 » George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer († 2013)
• 1926 » Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality († 2018)

• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)

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 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
• 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.
• June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
• December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

The temperature on August 1, 1924 was between 10.9 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.