About the day » Friday August 15, 1924Calender converter

• Catharina Jonker, Grosthuizen († 2001)
• Adriana Maria Schepers, Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Trumpi, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clarence DeYoung, Osceola County-Michigan (USA) († 1983)
• Anna Maria van Leeuwen, Woubrugge, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• van Ham, Tilburg († 1924)
• Dean Elner Quarnberg, Scipio, Millard County, Utah, United States of America († 2003)
• Broer de Roo, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Alfonsus Maria Timmers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1997)
• Aida ( Ida ) Crum Palacios, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1977)

• Bernardina Josefina van der Tol (1), Alphen A/D Rijn
• Ate Jagersma (6), Leeuwarden,Gemeente Leeuwarden,Friesland,Nederland
• Carolina Platjau (90), Meester Cornelis/Jakarta, Jawa Barat (Djawa Barat), Indonesië
• Clementia Anthonia Sturm (91), IJzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Casper Freling (57), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christoffel Hendrik VAN STADEN, Potgietersrus (Mokopane), Limpopo, R.S.A.
• Anna Peters (0), Schaesberg, Limburg, Netherlands
• Caroline DERMEYER DUERMYER * (66), Amherst, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arnolda Maria Luijpen (74), Bemmel
• Arie van Kuijk (55), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1923 » Rose Marie, American actress and singer († 2017)
• 1924 » Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist († 2016)
• 1924 » Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist († 2016)
• 1924 » Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1924 » Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer († 2009)
• 1925 » Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) († 2007)
• 1925 » Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author († 2014)
• 1925 » Mike Connors, American actor and producer († 2017)
• 1925 » Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer († 2007)
• 1925 » Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player († 1998)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• 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.
• October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
• December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

The temperature on August 15, 1924 was between 9.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.