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• Arendje (Adri) Hoogendijk, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1984)
• Agatha Elisabeth Maria Koekenbier, Abcoude-Proostdij, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Arendje Vlieland, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Antonius Hubertus Guillaume (Giel) Bruls, Schinnen († 2011)
• Carolina Anna Martina (Religieuse) Manders, Leunen (Venray) († 2013)
• Anna van der Staaij, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida KWAKERNAAT, Dubbeldam († 1979)
• Andrew SCHAVER, Illinois U.S.A († 1991)
• Antien Hakkers, Ancum, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Wouters, Oost &, West-Souburg, Netherlands († 1923)

• Adriana Riemens (72), Terneuzen
• Adriana van Gool (80), Rotterdam
• Hendrikje Veld (2), Hollandscheveld
• Adriana Frouchart (Fouchier) (70), Oosterhout
• Alida Ingeneger (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaron Hoover (59), United States
• Albert Kerseboom (63), Hall, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abrahamma Schrier (31), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Verstegen (67), Den Helder
• Adriana Johanna Maas (48), Halsteren

• 1914 » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress († 1986)
• 1916 » Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales († 2002)
• 1917 » Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1918 » Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit († 1997)
• 1923 » Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress († 1986)
• 1924 » Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter
• 1925 » Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator († 2013)
• 1925 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director († 1994)
• 1926 » Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 1928 » William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer († 2016)

• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (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.
• January 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
• April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
• August 30 » Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
• October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
• December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

The temperature on May 24, 1922 was between 15.6 °C and 32.8 °C and averaged 24.5 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.