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• Bernardus Silvester Daniël Gerardus Hoes, Rotterdam († 2006)
• Anton Kroon, Heiloo († 1997)
• André Engelbert Fransz, Blitar († 2000)
• Aaltien Kooi, Noordbarge, Emmen († 2023)
• Annicke de Wit, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Adrianus Hubertus Snoeren, Dongen († 1959)
• Catharina Petronella Konijn, Opmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Aleksandar Pavlov Karađorđević, London († 2016)
• Bernard Ernest MAY, New Cross, Deptford, Kent († 1940)
• Anna Margaretha Maria Bodewes, Martenshoek († 2011)

• Aaltje Koetsier (63), Epe
• Adriana Hendrika Maria Janssen (21), Dordrecht
• Agnes Isabella Nagels (31), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bokke Petrus Wink (50), Bandjarmasin
• johannes marinus menzo (72), avereest
• Aaltje Grevelink (88), Wetering, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham van der Heijm (2), Rotterdam
• Andries van Beek (63), Delft,Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Grevelink (88), Wetering, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Jans Boomsma (69), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1919 » George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader († 2011)
• 1919 » Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host († 2007)
• 1920 » Neville Brand, American actor († 1992)
• 1921 » Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d 2012)
• 1921 » Louis Frémaux, French conductor († 2017)
• 1922 » Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator († 2011)
• 1925 » Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer († 2005)
• 1925 » José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker († 2013)
• 1926 » Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba († 2016)
• 1928 » John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host († 2019)

• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)

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.
• February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.

The temperature on August 13, 1924 was between 10.9 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.