About the day » Sunday August 3, 1924Calender converter

• André Sioen, Rumbeke,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2019)
• Ben van Bavel, Dussen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Clarence Edward Huggett, Roslyn, Day, South Dakota, United States († 1993)
• Dirk Arie Remmelzwaal, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• An Wintermans († 2011)
• Berendina Wesselink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• , Sarpsborg, Østfold, Norge († 2002)
• Adriaan Maas HULLERMAN, Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 1997)
• Anita Garrison, Orangefield, Orange, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Antonis Vermeij, Ouder Amstel († 1984)

• Antje Brander (64), Alkmaar
• Albert Johannes Daniel Wendt (15), Laren Nhl. Nederland
• Derk van Dijken (54), Valburg
• Anna Maria Dingen (1), Veldhoven
• Clement Norbert Marie Van Nieuwenhuyse (53), Ukkel,1180,Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest,België
• Anthonie Cornelis Pankow (1), Koog aan de Zaam
• Ann Hines Hines (68), Somerton, St. James, Jamaica
• Anthonie Cornelis Pankow (0), Koog aan de Zaan
• Adrianus Tuinhof de Moed (79), Leiden
• Albertus Antonius Harleman (66), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1922 » John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium († 2013)
• 1923 » Jean Hagen, American actress († 1977)
• 1923 » Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria († 2012)
• 1924 » Connie Converse, American musician and singer-songwriter
• 1924 » Leon Uris, American soldier and author († 2003)
• 1925 » Lewis Rowland, American neurologist († 2017)
• 1925 » Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
• 1926 » Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author († 2004)
• 1926 » Rona Anderson, Scottish-English actress († 2013)
• 1926 » Tony Bennett, American singer and actor

• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)

• 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.
• April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• 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.
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
• November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

The temperature on August 3, 1924 was between 12.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.