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• Anna Cornelia van der Geest, Warmond († 2000)
• Ate de Graaf, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1923)
• Clarence G. van de Zande, Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Anna Helena Heijne, Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arend Jan Mulderij, Apeldoorn († 1991)
• Barbara Olave Charlotte Osborne, Guestwick Green, Norfolk, England († 2019)
• Adriana Slootweg († 2005)
• Albert Kloek († 1977)
• Catharina van Baren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Adriaan Marie Antoon Elemans, Ede, GD, Nederland († 1924)

• Cornelis Roest (82), Nederbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augustus Verdonck (61), Bevel, 2560, België
• Anthonius Jacobus Martens (0), Utrecht
• Augustyn Kluczykowski Sr (83), Portage County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Antje Koster (3), Midwoud
• Adrianus Vreugdenhil (45), Rozenburg
• Cornelis Cornelisz van Veen (83), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Carrie Bishop (29), Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
• Augustinus Ector (74)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Marskamp (0), Ter Aar

• 1917 » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1919 » Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver and pilot († 1992)
• 1919 » John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer († 2004)
• 1921 » Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer († 2006)
• 1921 » Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer († 1978)
• 1921 » Robert Runcie, English archbishop († 2000)
• 1925 » Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2013)
• 1926 » Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
• 1928 » George McFarland, American actor († 1993)
• 1928 » Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic († 2014)

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Helena
15. Margaretha
16. Aaltje

• 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 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 7.1 million citizens.
• April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
• April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
• June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
• July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
• September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.

The temperature on October 2, 1923 was between 9.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.