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• Doreen Wickers, -,VS, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Anna Elisabeth (Annie) van Bergen, Hatert († 1944)
• Cornelia Catharina van Wanrooij, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Charles van den Broek, Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Cornelia Anna Catharina (Cok) van Rijswijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1999)
• Anna Maria DIELTIENS, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2010)
• Elisabeth Henrica Teunisse, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Carolus Johannes van den Broek, Alphen en Riel († 1991)
• Antoni VERKUIL, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2000)
• Antoon van Twuijver, Koedijk († 1995)

• Apolonia Antonia van den Toorn (0), Schiedam
• Abraham Focker (66), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aldegunda Anna Wilhelmina Sack (72), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Arij van den Bos (72), Gouda
• Eijsink (0), Diepenheim
• Aart Melgert (18), Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arendje Rigterink (64)
• Dirk Rademaker (30), Doesburg
• Anna Elisabeth Koot (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Matthijsz Hendrikse (85), Ouwerkerk

• 1921 » Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic († 2014)
• 1922 » Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter († 2015)
• 1923 » Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2014)
• 1924 » Jack Buck, American sportscaster († 2002)
• 1924 » Jack Weston, American actor († 1996)
• 1926 » Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator († 1999)
• 1927 » Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 2018)
• 1928 » Addison Farmer, American bassist († 1963)
• 1928 » Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer († 1999)
• 1928 » Bud McFadin, American football player († 2006)

• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)

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.
• 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.
• March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

The temperature on August 21, 1924 was between 6.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.