About the day » Monday October 2, 1922Calender converter

• Adriaan Jan Willem Kooman, Waddinxveen († 2009)
• Anna Christina de Graas, Helmond († 2004)
• Cecilia van der Meer, (FR) Bolsward († 2012)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Maria van Raak, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Antje Makkink, Woerden († 1924)
• Albert Talens, onswedde († 1990)
• Anna Agatha Komen, Zijpe
• Aartje Doppenberg († 1993)
• Anne Kamminga († 2004)
• Betty Mae Stewart, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States of America († 1992)

• Adriana Maria van de Put (76), Tilburg
• Derk Rouwenhorst (74), Gorssel
• Ate Terpstra (54), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, The Netherlands
• Albert Vennink (76), Assen
• Christina Elizabeth Van Heerden (76), Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa
• Cornelia Abbink (34), Rheden, Nederland
• Cornelia Matser (66), Rheden
• Doodgeboren kind van Raak (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Heinenberg (79), HOOGBLOKLAND (Molenwaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derk Rouwenhorst (74), Gorssel

• 1917 » Charles Drake, American actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1919 » Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver and pilot († 1992)
• 1919 » John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer († 2004)
• 1921 » Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer († 2006)
• 1921 » Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer († 1978)
• 1921 » Robert Runcie, English archbishop († 2000)
• 1925 » Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2013)
• 1926 » Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
• 1928 » George McFarland, American actor († 1993)

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

• 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.
• March 26 » The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
• 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.
• May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
• June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
• September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
• November 14 » The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on October 2, 1922 was between 8.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.