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• Andries Malfait († 1985)
• Anthonius Aloysius Vierbergen, Oudewater († 1997)
• Bernardina Johanna Tupker, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Aleida Gerarda (Leida) Kroes († 1976)
• Aukje de Haan, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland († 1991)
• , Gooik († 2014)
• Alida Catherine Keegstra († 2016)
• Albertje Moes, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)
• Albert Henry Uebelhor, Dubois, Indiana († 1993)
• Trijntje Kaspersma, Oudega († 2008)

• Adrianus Couwenberg (67), Vught
• adriaantje de ZEEUW (70), strijen
• Aldert Bergwerff (82), Rotterdam
• Anna Nora Conser (55), Columbiana Co.Ohio
• Aaltje Fijn (79), Kampen
• Antje Zaal (75), Zaandam {NH}
• Antje Pfaff (71), Groningen
• aldert BERGWERFF (82), rotterdam
• Aaffien (Kuiper) Venema (59), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Dorbeck (83), Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer

• 1922 » Dale D. Myers, American engineer († 2015)
• 1923 » Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor († 2011)
• 1923 » Johnny Wardle, English cricketer († 1985)
• 1923 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author († 2008)
• 1923 » Larry Storch, American actor and comedian
• 1924 » Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer († 2010)
• 1924 » Ron Moody, English actor and singer († 2015)
• 1925 » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright († 1972)
• 1926 » Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano († 2012)
• 1926 » Kerwin Mathews, American actor († 2007)

• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)

• 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.
• April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• April 15 » U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
• April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
• September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
• November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• December 6 » One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.

The temperature on January 8, 1922 was between -3.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.