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• Aaltje de Bruin, Ermelo († 1922)
• van de Heijden, Sint Oedenrode († 2002)
• Arie Tijssen, Avereest, Ambt Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Ali Boerhan, Atjé, Sumatera Barat, Indonesië († 2000)
• Arie Wilschut, Rotterdam († 1965)
• Ab Blank, Onstwedde, Musselkanaal († 2005)
• Ab Blank, Onstwedde, Musselkanaal, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands († 2005)
• Antonius van Galen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Andries Sikkes, Balk († 1987)
• Aaltje Huizing, Buinen Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1987)

• Anthonia de Boed (1), Middelharnis
• Adriana Goudswaard (90), Bruinisse
• Abeldina Abels (79), Haren (Gn)
• Adrianus Jacobus Huussen (85), Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Adriaantje Goudzwaard (90), Bruinisse
• Adriaan Cornelis Jacobus van Meer (32), Halsteren
• Anna Maria Magdalena Mester (77), Borne
• Adrianus Jacobus Huussen- (85), Nijenrode, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus Fens (66), Oosterhout
• Adrianus Henricus Fens (66), Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1919 » Carole Landis, American actress († 1948)
• 1919 » J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author († 2010)
• 1920 » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist († 2007)
• 1921 » César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1921 » Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic († 1986)
• 1921 » Regina Bianchi, Italian actress († 2013)
• 1922 » Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina († 2019)
• 1923 » Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist and composer († 1999)
• 1923 » Valentina Cortese, Italian actress († 2019)
• 1924 » Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea († 1979)

• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)

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

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. Margaretha
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.
• 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 7.0 million citizens.
• May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
• June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
• July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
• September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
• November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• December 30 » The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

The temperature on January 1, 1922 was between 2.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.