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• Adrianus Melchior Valkenburg, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Agnes Christie Johnston, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland († 1991)
• Clifford Frank Thomas, Gulnare, South Australia, Australia († 2007)
• Arie Nieuwland, Schoorldam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Bruce Arnold Patton, Noxen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania († 1998)
• Bakx, Oosterhout († 1921)
• Albertus Alardus Hartman, Rotterdam († 1982)
• Christiaan Leendert Kammerman, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1985)
• Albertus Alardus Hartman, Rotterdam († 1982)
• Antje van Elst van Elst, Elst (Utrecht) († 2003)

• Adrianus Joseph Son van (0), Drunen
• Amelia van Damme (74), Hulst
• Archhibald Harrison (49), Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
• Annie T Elliot Bilderbeck (58), Pulaski, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Walraven (85), Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Verhoog (68), Maraisburg, Zuid-Afrika
• Anna Barbara Fooij (51), Maastricht
• Adrianus van Gaal (55), Heerlen, NL
• Anna Barbara Fooy (51), Maastricht
• Antje Klein (44)

• 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)
• 1923 » Avram Davidson, American soldier and author († 1993)
• 1923 » Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas († 2010)
• 1924 » Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout († 2019)

• 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. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
• March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
• June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
• September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
• October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
• November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.

The temperature on April 23, 1921 was between 0.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.