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• Dirk van Dam († 1987)
• Antonia van Oort, Lienden († 1994)
• Albertus Johannes Pol, Wilp († 1997)
• Bob Pieter Hageman, Zoeterwoude
• Agnes Rosten († 2012)
• Albertus Johannes Pol, Wilp,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Adaline Visser, Ternate, Maluku, Indonesië († 2018)
• Aaltje Dondorff, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Antoon Laurijsen, Loon op Zand,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Cornelis Jacobus Ligtenberg, Loon op Zand († 1925)

• Carolus Claes (75), Herentals, België
• Cornelis Jegen (82), Boxtel
• Eduardus Gebruers (67), Boechout, 2530, Antwerpen
• Bastiaan BOUMAN (70), Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina van Roon (Verroon) (66), Weesp
• Bastiaan Bouman (70), wijk en aalburg
• Berend Harms (74)
• Cornelis Kleinveld (80), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje de Jong (48), Amsterdam
• Dirkje Kuiken (55), St. Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland

• 1919 » Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician († 1990)
• 1921 » Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer († 1991)
• 1924 » Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1924 » William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer († 2003)
• 1925 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright († 1971)
• 1926 » Angus Scrimm, American actor and author († 2016)
• 1927 » L. Q. Jones, American actor and director
• 1928 » Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster († 2004)
• 1928 » Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer(d.1998)
• 1929 » Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach († 2016)

• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)

• 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.
• June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

The temperature on August 19, 1924 was between 8.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 25.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.