About the day » Thursday August 14, 1924Calender converter

• Adriana Bambacht, Haaften († 2017)
• Anna Maria Ernestina (Ans) Driessen, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 2001)
• Aan Jeep Algera, Dronryp, 9035, Nederland († 2005)
• Anna Belle Carter **** († 2017)
• Aan Jeep Algera, Dronrijp († 2005)
• Antonia Gesina Adolphina van der Velde, Borgerhout, België
• Antonio Preto de Oliveira, Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil († 1979)
• Antonius Johannes Bouwmans, Oeffelt († 1985)
• Azamat Giray († 2001)
• Aloysius Maria Theunissen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1979)

• Albertus Kaspers (21)
• cornelis zwier (68), Opperdoes
• Aleida Maria Johanna Gosselink (0), Silvolde (Oude IJsselstreek)
• Reitze Draaisma (73)
• Cornelis Jansz Zwier (68), Opperdoes
• Christiaan van Rooij (59), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Koops (0), Exloermond
• Antonius Johannes Aarts (2), Breda
• Anna Elizabeth Rosenzweig (56), South Australia, Australia
• ZELDENRUST (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• 1922 » Leslie Marr, English race car driver
• 1923 » Alice Ghostley, American actress († 2007)
• 1923 » Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem († 2000)
• 1924 » Georges Prêtre, French conductor († 2017)
• 1924 » Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor († 2013)
• 1924 » Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader († 1981)
• 1924 » Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum († 2009)
• 1925 » Russell Baker, American critic and essayist († 2019)
• 1926 » Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist († 2017)
• 1926 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator († 1977)

• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)

• 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 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
• May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 14, 1924 was between 10.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.