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• Augusta Vanlerberghe, Merkem West-Vlaanderen België († 2019)
• Betty Mae Kline, Ohio († 2011)
• Alice Jane {Green} Shore, Monroe, Randolph County, Indiana, United States of America († 1996)
• Anna Alida Wester, Harenkarspel († 2009)
• Bouko Wildeman († 2011)
• Columba Anna Beentjes, Heemskerk († 1976)
• Akke Jacobs Groeneveld, Minnertsga († 2003)
• Donald J. Klinge († 2000)
• Doyle Burns († 1932)
• Donald Klinge, Grand Rapids († 2000)

• Berentje De Vries (79), Niebert Gem.Marum
• Anna Maria van Deursen (0), Kerkrade
• Berendje Lammerts de Vries (79), Niebert
• Anna Maria Middelkoop (83), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Arie Hendrik Langeveld (27), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maas (96), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baukje Tjallings Dijkstra (72), City of Utrecht
• Adrianus Kerkhof (54), Waalwijk, Gemeente Waalwijk, North Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Teeffelen (68), Vianen
• Apolonia Mathilde Michilsen (65), Stoppeldijk

• 1919 » John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist († 2002)
• 1919 » Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician († 2001)
• 1921 » Richard Deacon, American actor († 1984)
• 1922 » Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia († 1999)
• 1923 » Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2019)
• 1923 » Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1925 » Al Porcino, American trumpet player († 2013)
• 1925 » Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer († 1997)
• 1925 » Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress († 2016)
• 1925 » Sophie Kurys, American baseball player († 2013)

• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)

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.
• February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
• February 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
• July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
• August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
• October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
• November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)

The temperature on May 14, 1922 was between -0.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.