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• August Benaets, Zepperen, België († 1998)
• Adriana Jeanne Maria Zwinkels, Monster († 2006)
• Adriana Cornelia van Kasteren, Vught († 1993)
• A.J. Nunemeteis, Ambon († 1974)
• Aaltje den Ouden († 1975)
• Alida Cornelia Wilhelmina FERNHOUT, Semarang († 2011)
• Andries Gerkes, Smilde,Midden-Drenthe,Drenthe,Nederland († 1979)
• Adriana Cornelia van Kasteren, Vught († 1993)
• Andries van Bruggen, Tienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 2006)
• Adriana VISSER, Sliedrecht († 2001)

• Antonia Nerrings (83), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Houtenbos (28), Castricum
• Anna Elisabeth van de Wetering (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Stephanus JAGER (68), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van Rijs (82), Zaandam
• Aaltje Benedictus van Rijs (82), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Stoffer (70), Nunspeet
• Amanda Jane Lomax (69), Mondamin, Harrison, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aagje Houtenbos (28), Castricum
• Alida Pijlman (81), Amsterdam

• 1919 » Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician († 2012)
• 1919 » Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player († 1992)
• 1920 » Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1921 » Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright († 1990)
• 1921 » Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgish soldier and aristocrat († 2019)
• 1921 » John H. Reed, American politician and diplomat, 67th Governor of Maine († 2012)
• 1922 » Anthony Synnot, Australian admiral († 2001)
• 1923 » Sam Phillips, American radio host and producer, founded Sun Records († 2003)
• 1926 » Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner († 2007)
• 1926 » W. D. Snodgrass, American poet († 2009)

• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)

• 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 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
• July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
• July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
• July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
• September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
• September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.

The temperature on January 5, 1922 was between -2.2 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.