About the day » Monday August 18, 1924Calender converter

• Anna Helena Robben, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 1925)
• Alie BUIJS, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Adriaan Berend Marius Jansen, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Armin van Lippe, Detmold, Duitsland († 2015)
• Adolf Maurice André (André) Pluymers, Gelinden, België († 2016)
• Ali Blaauw, Alphen aan den Rijn († 2000)
• Aaltje Schutte, Hardenberg, Overijssel, The Netherlands († 2012)
• Armin Leopold Ernst Bruno Heinrich Willa August zur LIPPE, Detmold,, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2015)
• Anthony B Hernandez, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Aaltje (alie) Buijs, Edam Volendam († 2016)

• Adrianus Cornelis Baauw (39), Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Jonker (43), Zoutkamp (Ulrum)
• Conrardus Schepers (79), Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Berend Harms (74), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna KRONENBERG (74), Zuidlaren
• Bernardina Augustinus Westhoff (85), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Daniel Todd **** (97), Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Baken (51), Callantsoog
• Anna, Maria, Josepha Bemelmans (12), Heerlen
• Cornelis Adrianus Vinkx (1), Chaam

• 1920 » Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1920 » Godfrey Evans, English cricketer († 1999)
• 1921 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot († 1943)
• 1921 » Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic († 2015)
• 1922 » Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist († 2008)
• 1923 » Katherine Victor, American actress († 2004)
• 1925 » Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and author († 2011)
• 1925 » Brian Aldiss, English author and critic († 2017)
• 1925 » Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon and academic († 2006)
• 1927 » Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)

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 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
• February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• 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.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
• November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
• December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

The temperature on August 18, 1924 was between 10.2 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 17.8 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.