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• Afke de Wolff, Doniaga († 2005)
• Antje Agesd PLEKKRINGA, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• Bartholomeus Cornelis Adrianus Burgmans, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Christina Maria Meijer, amsterdam, Nederland († 1993)
• Alene Shipman Knox Green, Alabamac ql († 2001)
• Anna Petronella Huberdina Bammens, Raamsdonk († 1983)
• Charles Lavern Burgess († 1993)
• Bartholomeus Cornelis Adrianus Burgmans, Bergeijk († 1968)
• Berend Jan Sanderman, Rijssen († 1924)
• Barbara Gerarda Gelissen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1946)

• Christoffel MEULBROEK (53), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Cornelia van Laarhoven, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Reith (61), Uffhausen, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Christina Geertruida van der Kroft (51), Den Haag-Nederland
• Anna Mommersteeg (75), Nieuwkuijk
• Alida Geertruida Pama (81), Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Charles Henry Little (67), Piqua, Miami Cnty, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aafje Andrea van Hoving (0), Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen
• Aalbert Aalbertsz Borst (75), Oudkarspel
• Abram (Abraham) Boerkoel (68), Utrecht

• 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. 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.
• February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
• April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
• August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
• September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
• September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 24, 1923 was between 1.9 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.