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• Adriana de Waard († 2007)
• Anna Maria van Gerven, Pannerden († 2005)
• Aart Labots, Oostendorp, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Adriana Maria van Haaren, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Bartholina Arnoldina Diebels, Aijen, Limburg, Nederland († 1922)
• Antonia Francisca Spenkelink, Ambt Delden († 1997)
• Aaltje Staal, Renkum († 1922)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Groenewegen, Honselersdijk, Nederland († 1981)
• Arne Gunerius Aasland, Beitstad, Nord-Trøndelag († 1994)
• Arnoldus Edmondus de Milliano, Oostburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1983)

• Aart van den Berg (65), Apeldoorn
• Catharina de Wal (58), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Hogenhout (70)
• Catharina de Wal (59), Veendam
• Antoine Louis Marie Joseph LEDET (74), Wissant, 62179, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE
• Alberdina van den Berg (80), Cuijk &, Sint Agatha
• Catharina Maria Bakker (51), Nijmegen
• - Lassche (0), Emmen
• (Stillborn) SCHWARTZ (0), Utrecht Utrecht Netherlands
• Anna Maria Speelmans (66), Maastricht

• 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)
• 1925 » Duncan Hallas, English author and politician († 2002)

• 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)

• 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 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
• March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
• April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
• May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
• July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
• August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.

The temperature on December 23, 1921 was between 2.4 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.