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• Antje Maria (An) Smallenburg, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Adriana Maria Verdel, Lisse († 2013)
• Ann M Diamond, Virginia († 2009)
• Anna Adriana Wouters, Gilze en Rijen († 2006)
• Adrianus van Loon, Ginneken en Bavel († 2006)
• Aaltje Dijkstra, Bellingwolde († 2007)
• Allegonda Maria Willeijns, 's-Gravenhage
• Alice Othelia PARK, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Antonia Francisca Wilhelmina (Tonnie) Marneef, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Benjamin Christian Whisenant, Harmon County, OK († 2001)

• Albert van de Vlekkert (0), Wijhe
• Antje Geertrui van der Mede (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhemina Remmerde (55), Tiel
• Antonius Everhardus Engelberts (36), Hasselo
• Alka Jantina Rubingh (44), Veendam
• August Willem Frederik Beukers (60), Amsterdam
• Adriana Willemina Bok (37), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bauke Kornelis Keizer (65)
• Adriana Elisabeth Johanna Korndewal (76), Amersfoort
• Antonia Teunisse (62), Nieuwveen

• 1916 » Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy († 1978)
• 1917 » Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist († 2006)
• 1917 » Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon († 1984)
• 1920 » Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1923 » Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist († 2016)
• 1923 » Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher († 1978)
• 1925 » Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar († 2006)
• 1926 » André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch († 2013)
• 1926 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer († 1967)

• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)

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.
• March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
• June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
• July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
• November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.

The temperature on September 23, 1921 was between 8.3 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.