About the day » Thursday August 7, 1924Calender converter

• Claire GOBLET, Dinant, 5500, Namur, Belgique († 2019)
• Cornelia Johanna Sassen († 1991)
• Cornelia Bernardina Bolman, Rotterdam († 2015)
• Adriana Helena Antonia Kollau, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Caroline Rachel Klaassen, George, Lyon County, Iowa († 2002)
• Adrianus (Robbie) ROBBEMOND, Dordrecht (NL) († 1980)
• Ben Strengholt († 2000)
• Catherine Blanche Casadaban, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Armand Van Vanherck, Bierbeek († 2006)
• Cornelis Izak (Cor) Binnendijk, Leiden († 2014)

• Christianus Driessen (76), Oegstgeest, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aminta Jane Bebb (62)
• Anne François Landry (67), Seattle, King Co. (WA, USA)
• Albert Wassink (59), Ruurlo
• Christina Maria Tijssen (63), Ede
• Cornelis van Velzen (42), Amsterdam
• Berkeley Basil Reynolds-Moreton (90)
• Catharina Elisabeth Stallinga (85), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Steenvoorden (14), Noordwijk, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Groeneveld (68), Kerkwijk (Gl)

• 1921 » Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1921 » Manitas de Plata, French guitarist († 2014)
• 1924 » Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor († 2012)
• 1925 » Felice Bryant, American songwriter († 2003)
• 1926 » Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer († 2015)
• 1927 » Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist († 2003)
• 1927 » Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide († 1959)
• 1927 » Edwin Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana
• 1927 » Rocky Bridges, American baseball player and coach († 2015)
• 1928 » Betsy Byars, American author and academic († 2020)

• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)

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.
• 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.
• June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
• August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
• December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
• December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

The temperature on August 7, 1924 was between 11.6 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.