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• Christina, Gerardina Dekker, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Wessels, Dordrecht († 2013)
• Aleida Hendrika Senkeldam, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1954)
• Aleida Hendrika Senkeldam, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1954)
• Constant Joseph Victor Martin († 1962)
• Cornelia Petronella Boezel, Rotterdam
• Benjamin Marius Hackert, Rijswijk († 2017)
• Betty Patricia Moore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia († 2000)
• Catharina Elisabeth Margaretha Hasselman, Princenhage, Nederland († 1947)
• Andries van Egmond, Rijnsburg († 1923)

• Aart Mosterd (79), Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Augustinus SIMONS (70), Pulle, Zandhoven, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Aart Mosterd (79), Ermelo
• Albertje Kremer (78), Uithuizen
• Antoinette Elisabeth Prosman (84), Appeltern, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jansen (70), Helmond
• Alphonsus de Booij (55), Hontenisse
• Aaltje van der Oven (66), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bouwe Dijkstra
• Alfred Kieffer (57), Lancaster Co., Pa

• 1919 » Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina († 1991)
• 1920 » Pope John Paul II († 2005)
• 1921 » Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic
• 1922 » Bill Macy, American actor († 2019)
• 1922 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer († 1983)
• 1923 » Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica († 2004)
• 1923 » Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 2013)
• 1924 » Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster († 2019)
• 1924 » Priscilla Pointer, American actress
• 1925 » Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator († 1998)

• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
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.
• April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
• April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
• May 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
• May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
• July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
• December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.

The temperature on May 18, 1922 was between 10.3 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.