About the day » Monday December 18, 1922Calender converter

• Adrianus Cornelis van Nunen, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Bertha Francisca Van Der Speeten, Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1987)
• Antje Magdalena Schijff, Haarlemmermeer († 1996)
• Bernhard Gabriël Heufler van Rasen Vrijheer van Hohenbühel, Ansitz Gleifheim, Eppan, Trentino-Zuidtirol († 1999)
• Albert Beltman, Hulsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)
• Angela Elise Bouwhuis, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1981)
• Albert Stamhuis († 2004)
• Anton Mallee, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Allene Hilda Gilbert Lutrick Stephens Butler, Magee Simpso, Mississippi († 2003)
• Anton Haagsma, Achtkarspelen († 1979)

• Albert Jacobus Limpers (39), Nijmegen (Gelderland)
• Agatha Johanna Maria Meijer (67), Vught
• Albert Soesman (58), Surabaya, Java, Indonesia
• AREND VAN SPRONSEN (66), MONSTER
• Arien Jansen (49), Utrecht
• Annigje Kuperus (59)
• Aaltje Houtman (45), Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Annigje Nijenhuis (1), Emmen
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Johannes Sluijter (48), Rotterdam
• Alke Rotgers (72), Mussel (gem. Stadskanaal)

• 1916 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1916 » Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic († 2008)
• 1917 » Ossie Davis, American actor and activist († 2005)
• 1920 » Robert Leckie, American soldier and author († 2001)
• 1922 » Esther Lederberg, American microbiologist († 2006)
• 1922 » Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1923 » Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London († 2019)
• 1927 » Ramsey Clark, American lawyer and politician, 66th United States Attorney General
• 1927 » Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada († 2009)
• 1928 » Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph and author († 2003)

• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)

• 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 18 » In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
• April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
• October 28 » Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
• November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
• December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

The temperature on December 18, 1922 was between -0.2 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.