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• Alice Viars ***, Rockcastle, Kentucky († 2000)
• Adriana Theodora van BEEK, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2002)
• Aaron Floyd Todd *****, Rutherford, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Arnold AERTS, Mopertingen (Limburg) (B) († 1996)
• Anna Maria Nieuwdorp, Hoek van Holland († 1932)
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Wijk, Odijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1977)
• Anthony Koopman, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1979)
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Wijk, Odijk, Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1977)
• Anna Helena Tromp Meesters ongehuwd, Zuidbroek, Gr, Nederland († 1941)
• Anna Mae Frey, Ivanhoe, Lincoln County, Minnesota († 2004)

• Amos Cook (73), California
• Anna Elisabeth Verelst (20), Herenthout, België
• Albertus Janssen (61), Elst, Nederland
• Alberdina Apol (57), Chicago (Cook), Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Schildkamp (74), Waddinxveen
• Anna Maria VAN DER AUWERA (78), Putte, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriana Maria Kanters (0), Oosterhout, Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Janssen (61), Elst
• Antje Schildkamp (74), Waddinxveen
• Adriaan de Buck (75), Grijpskerke

• 1916 » Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator († 2009)
• 1917 » Dorian Leigh, American model († 2008)
• 1917 » Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1919 » Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel († 1963)
• 1920 » Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman († 2018)
• 1921 » Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop († 2013)
• 1921 » Janet Blair, American actress and singer († 2007)
• 1921 » Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States († 2012)
• 1921 » Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach († 2003)

• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)

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.
• January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
• February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
• April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
• June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
• June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

The temperature on April 23, 1919 was between -2.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.