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• Anna Maria Seegers, Baarle-Nassau, Nederland († 1996)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Dam († 2018)
• Alida Sonneveld, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1999)
• Aaltje Clobus, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Adrianus Hubertus Joore, Raamsdonksveer († 1993)
• Adelheid Visser (Kuiper), Waltrop (Duitsland) († 1997)
• Anna Jantje Dories, Kopenhagen-DK († 1980)
• Aaltje Bijstra, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1990)
• Anna Jantje ( Ans) Dories, Kopenhagen (Dk) († 1980)
• Abraham Christiaan van der Schee, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)

• Aartje de Haan (88), Sliedrecht, Gemeente Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje van Halm (59), Kamerik
• Alma Hoeller (12), Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Arendje den Braber (25), Haarlem
• Aagje van Halm (59), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Jacobsen, Renkum
• Albertje Blodewijns Meester (64), Jubbega-Schurega
• Antje Luikes van der Velde (85), Nuis
• Anna LEEUWENBURGH (81), Heinenoord
• Anna Kamstra (26), Leeuwarden

• 1913 » Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler († 1998)
• 1915 » Barbara Billingsley, American actress († 2010)
• 1915 » Phillip Glasier, English author and academic († 2000)
• 1917 » Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor († 1999)
• 1921 » Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer († 1996)
• 1921 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1922 » Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 2015)
• 1922 » Ruth Roman, American actress († 1999)
• 1923 » Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author
• 1924 » Frank Corsaro, American actor and director († 2017)

• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
• February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
• June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
• September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
• December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

The temperature on December 22, 1919 was between 2.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.