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• Antonius Wilhelmus Burgman, Zwolle († 1996)
• August Josephine Moortgat, Londerzeel,, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1925)
• Aaltje Schoonewille, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 2019)
• Albert Brouwer, Workum, Friesland, Nederland († 1987)
• Adrianus Petrus Antonius van Noort, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Alice Vanbrabant, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• Aaltje de Gunst, Elburg († 1994)
• Aaltje de Gunst, Elburg († 1994)
• Adrie van Noort, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Annigje Venema († 1998)

• Anthonius Agatho de Bruijn (60), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Spaltman (38), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aart van Hof (77), Vleuten
• Arnoldus van Doorn (66), Lienden
• Anna Gertrudis Vogelers (68), Born, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Gesina von Held "van Helt" (80), East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois
• Albert Klaassens (0), Smilde
• Anna Maria Goedkoop (79), Balk
• Alonzo David Freer (80), Port Allegany, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States
• Barendina Bartels (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1920 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer († 1955)
• 1922 » Arthur Anderson, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » John Edward Williams, American author and educator († 1994)
• 1922 » Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic († 2008)
• 1923 » Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1924 » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist († 1963)
• 1926 » Betty Lynn, American actress
• 1926 » Donn Fendler, American author and speaker († 2016)
• 1926 » Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic
• 1927 » Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)

• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)

• 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.
• 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 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
• August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
• October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on August 29, 1924 was between 8.4 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.