About the day » Sunday August 3, 1924Calender converter

• Bastiaan Naaktgeboren, 's-Gravendeel (Zuid-Holland) († 1999)
• Adriaan Timmerman († 1999)
• Anna Mae Ahrenholz, Beaver Township, Grundy County, Iowa († 2022)
• Dirk Remmelzwaal, Katwijk († 2003)
• Dirkje Schram, Huizen († 2014)
• Bastiaan van der Hoek, 's-Gravenhage († 1969)
• Augusta Maezele, Veurne West-Vlaanderen België († 2004)
• Catharine ( Kay ) Kornoelje, Grand Rapids Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Anita Garrison, Orangefield, Orange, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Bertha Sofia VANSUMMEREN, Lommel, 3920, Limburg, België († 1990)

• Albertus Antonius Harleman (66), Apeldoorn
• Alida Cornelia van Moorsel (1), Warmond, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Martina Kraal (49), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernard Francis Sartori (46), ,,, Velsen
• Derksje Spijker (23), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloisius Van Tienen (48), Clinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ann Hines Hines (68), Somerton, St. James, Jamaica
• Catherine D Hargrafen (75), Petersburg, Delaware, Iowa, United States
• Barbary Ellen Strong (70), Tama Co., Iowa, United States
• Cornelis Tempelaars (92), Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, 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)

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 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 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

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.