About the day » Monday May 23, 1921Calender converter

• Berendje van der Veen, Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• Annie Wilms, Helden († 1984)
• Albert Spring, Salvador, Saskatchewan, Canada († 1985)
• Arnold Wagner, La Porte City, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2015)
• Adrianus Petrus Slingerland, Zoeterwoude († 2003)
• Anna Scholte, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida van der Hoven, Schagen († 1997)
• Anna Petronella WILMS, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1984)
• Adrianus Petrus Slingerland, Zoeterwoude († 2003)
• August Joseph Lampe, Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland († 1921)

• Aart van Plateringen (1), Utrecht, Nederland
• Ann Eliza Willoughby (84), Kentucky, United States
• Albert KITTLER (59), Mulhouse 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Aaltje Kreuze (33), De Krim
• Berend Nomden (21), Morige, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Abraham Gelderland (0), Rockanje, Westvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Bak (79), (ZH) Stolwijk
• Anna van de Ven (54), Bladel en Netersel
• Amos W van Horn (60), Summit Lake, Nobles County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Baukje Melles Weima (65), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1917 » Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist († 2008)
• 1918 » Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1919 » Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2011)
• 1919 » Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright († 1988)
• 1919 » Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate († 2012)
• 1920 » Helen O'Connell, American singer († 1993)
• 1923 » Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist († 2009)
• 1923 » Irving Millman, American virologist and microbiologist († 2012)
• 1924 » Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist († 2014)
• 1925 » Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2008)

• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
16. Helena

• 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
• February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
• March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
• May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
• October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

The temperature on May 23, 1921 was between 9.2 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.