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• Adriana Cornelia Storimans, Helvoirt († 2013)
• Alice Klein, Ireton, Iowa, VS († 2013)
• Anton Ulrich v.SA-Meiningen, Jena († 1940)
• (Stillborn) VOOST, Kloosterburen Groningen Netherlands († 1919)
• Anton Ulrich van WETTIN-VAN SAKSEN-MEININGEN († 1940)
• Anton Ulrich von Sachsen-Meiningen, Jena, Thüringen, Deutschland († 1940)
• Américo Magagnini, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1981)
• Aartje Timmer, Hardinxveld († 1998)
• Antonia Johanna Splint, Bussum († 2005)
• Antonius Johannes Berger, Tilburg († 1919)

• Berend Kornelis van Veen (85), Zwartsluis
• Anna Geertruida Fransz, Djombang (Soerabaja, Java, Nederlands-Indië)
• Arnoldus Rozeboom (92), Vollenhove
• Annigje den Haan (73), Heinenoord
• Annigje Den HAAN (74), Heinenoord
• Annigje den Haan (74), Heinenoord*, Nederland
• Antje Peters (0), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Joannes van Driel (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alessandra Angela Granello (1), Canizzano, Italy
• Antonia van Gessel (65), Zoelen

• 1916 » Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1918 » Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany († 2015)
• 1918 » José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer († 2000)
• 1919 » Kenneth M. Taylor, American general and pilot († 2006)
• 1921 » Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director († 2001)
• 1922 » Micheline Ostermeyer, French discus thrower, shot putter, and pianist († 2001)
• 1923 » Günther Schifter, Austrian journalist and radio host († 2008)
• 1923 » James Stockdale, American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2005)
• 1923 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver († 1954)
• 1924 » Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician († 2013)

• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)

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

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

• 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.
• February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
• April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
• May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
• May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

The temperature on December 23, 1919 was between 2.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.