About the day » Wednesday January 11, 1922Calender converter

• Antje Oostindie, Steenwijk († 1922)
• Adriaan Hazelaar, Voorst († 2008)
• Andre Roger Corneel Huyghe, Wulveringem († 1999)
• Adrianus van Duin, Warmenhuizen († 1922)
• Andries Kluitenberg, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Peterse, Delft († 1922)
• * Antonius Josephus Smolders, Tilburg († 2000)
• Anje Fial, Delfzijl († 1976)
• Aricus Rosalia de Bock, Sas van Gent († 1942)
• Albertje Hamstra, Scherpenzeel, weststellingwerf.fr.nld († 1996)

• Anna Maria Schoofs (74), Zepperen, België
• Adriaan van der Welle (79), Wieringen
• Adriaan van der Welle (79), Hippolytushoef
• Adriaantje van Dijke (63), Haarlemmerliede
• Anna Maria Peitsman (77), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Slijkhuis (86), Rijnsburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van der Zee, Oudemirdum
• Albert Schrik (49), Alteveer, Onstwedde
• Antheunis Jacobus Stroo (68), Terneuzen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peitsman (77), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1920 » Mick McManus, English wrestler († 2013)
• 1921 » Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer († 1990)
• 1921 » Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce († 2010)
• 1923 » Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International († 2012)
• 1923 » Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher († 2016)
• 1923 » Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1924 » Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 » Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician († 1994)
• 1924 » Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter and musician († 1970)
• 1925 » Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises († 2016)

• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1928 » Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
• 1931 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• February 8 » United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio set in the White House.
• February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
• April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
• July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
• November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.

The temperature on January 11, 1922 was between 0.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.