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• Anna Bruneel († 2011)
• Albertus Slingerland, Harderwijk († 1954)
• Anna Helena Meisters, Millen (D) († 2008)
• Cornelis A. Timmermans, Boxtel († 1996)
• Aize Postma, Boelenslaan († 1961)
• Bart Leendert Degenaars, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1985)
• Ann Mary Boland, New Haven Fr, Missouri († 2004)
• Catharina Antoinetta Hendriks, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Christiaan Frederik Everdinus Spierenburg, Rotterdam († 1955)
• Catharina Kerkhof, Jubbega,Gemeente Heerenveen,Friesland,Nederland († 2012)

• Anna Catharina Verschueren (86), Wilmarsdonk
• Anna Maria Catharina Fredriks (65), Arnhem (GEL)
• Abraham Prince, Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aafje Oud (51), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Prince (74), Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Vullings (71), Uden
• Aart Hoogenboom (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Frederiks (65), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Segers (0), Bornem
• Adriana Elisabeth de Jong (23), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1920 » Bill Barber, American tuba player and educator († 2007)
• 1920 » Forrest White, American businessman, co-founded the Music Man Company († 1994)
• 1921 » Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1921 » Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO († 2010)
• 1923 » Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach († 2017)
• 1923 » Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic († 2003)
• 1923 » Dorothy Hewett, Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright († 2002)
• 1923 » Evelyn Ward, American actress († 2012)
• 1923 » Vernon Biever, American photographer († 2010)
• 1924 » Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist († 1999)

• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
• 1920 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)

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.
• August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
• September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
• November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
• December 16 » President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.
• December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
• December 30 » The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

The temperature on May 21, 1922 was between 7.9 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.