About the day » Sunday January 8, 1922Calender converter

• Bernhard Wilhelm Tellmann, Aschendorf († 1944)
• Aukje Kooistra († 2011)
• Allegonda Spierings, Vught († 1922)
• Antonius Petrus (Toon) Hoendervangers, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• * Jannigje Maria Hakkesteeg, Brandwijk († 2001)
• Aaltje Groote, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annie Dullens, Meerssen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• jenneke sluijmers, rotterdam († 2005)
• Aase Karoline Larsen, Jeloy Noorwegen († 1976)
• A.J. (Ben) Groen, Amsterdam († 2015)

• Adrianus Simon Preesman (84), Rotterdam (aangifte Heinenoord)
• Antonetta Maria Theresia de Beer (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van der Windt (40), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Lourens Schilperoord (34), Rotterdam
• Antonius Dirks (76), Schiedam
• Angnietha Tijsses Drayer (47), Schiermonnikoog
• Anna van de Waterlaat (61), Helmond
• Aaffien Venema (59), Wildervank
• Anna Nora Conser (55), Columbiana Co.Ohio
• Antje Johanna Cornelia van Dongen (21), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Margaretha
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.
• 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.
• April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
• April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
• July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
• October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
• October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.

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.