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• Antoon Cornelissen († 1996)
• Betje van Dée, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1942)
• Cornelis de Vaan, Heusden († 1992)
• Anna Sophia Barbas, Salatiga (Nederlandsch-Indië), Indonesië († 2006)
• Andrea SEGHERS, Hoeke,8340,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2005)
• Apolonia Hendrika Ludovica Versteeg, Breukelen, Utrecht, Niederlande († 1980)
• Cornelis J P van der Ven († 1996)
• Cees de Vaan, Heusden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Dirk van der Harst, Scheveningen († 1928)
• Anthonius Franciscus Adolfus Bohncke, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, North Holland, The Nether († 1970)

• Dieuwertje Noort (74), Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Donna May CUMMINGS (0), Wayne Twp, Auglaize, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Margaretha Schreurs (86), Herten
• Alida ten GEUZENDAM (83), Rotterdam
• Albertus Willem van Gestel (52), Semarang
• Clara Pieternella den Boer (72), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Johanna Hameij (51), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Dominicus Michielsens (86), Terneuzen
• Catharina Hubertina Lemmens (70), Sittard, Sittard-Geleen
• Apolonia de Wijn (88), s Heer Arendskerke

• 1920 » Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author († 2010)
• 1920 » Montgomery Clift, American actor († 1966)
• 1921 » George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright († 1996)
• 1921 » Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast († 2001)
• 1921 » Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author († 2012)
• 1921 » Tom Poston, American actor and comedian († 2007)
• 1922 » Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer († 2001)
• 1922 » Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival († 2012)
• 1923 » Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer († 2004)
• 1923 » Charles McClendon, American football player and coach († 2001)

• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)

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.
• June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
• July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
• July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
• July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
• September 30 » The University of Alabama opens the American football season with a 110–0 victory over the Marion Military Institute, which still stands as Alabama's record for largest margin of victory and as their only 100 point game.
• December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

The temperature on October 17, 1922 was between 1.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.