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• Adriaan Antonius Timmermans, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Adriaan Wilhelm van Hoogstraten, Heerlen, Nederland († 2012)
• Adrianus Hameeteman, Oude Tonge († 1984)
• Albertus Gerhardus Logtenberg († 1974)
• Antje Helbig, Smallingerland Friesland († 2008)
• Hensem Willem Arbeider, Meedhuizen († 2007)
• Adriana Bernardina Maria van Dun, Tilburg († 1964)
• Arendje van Staalduinen, 's-Gravenzande († 2017)
• Nicolai, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1924)
• Antonius Petrus de Swart, Gilze-Rijen, Nederland († 1971)

• Abraham Beerens (58), Oosterbeek, Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Adriana Molewater (72), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Arie Cornelis Volker (63), 's-Gravenhage Zhl. NL
• Bartha van Putten (70), Epe
• Cornelia Harteveld (50), Pijnacker, Nederland
• Annice Adelia Bybee (67), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
• Adrianus Naaktgeboren (33), 's-Gravenhage (Zuid-Holland), Irisplein nr. 13
• Cornelia Petronella VAN NIEKERKEN (25), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• David Abiram Lambert (68), Guthrie, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Cornelis Volker (63), 's Gravenhage

• 1921 » Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist († 2009)
• 1921 » Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean race car driver († 2008)
• 1922 » Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist († 2010)
• 1922 » René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec († 1987)
• 1923 » Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic († 2012)
• 1924 » Alyn Ainsworth, English singer and conductor († 1990)
• 1924 » Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) († 2008)
• 1926 » Nancy Spero, American painter and academic († 2009)
• 1927 » Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer († 2014)
• 1927 » David Ireland, Australian author and playwright

• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)

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.
• January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• 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.

The temperature on August 24, 1924 was between 9.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.