About the day » Thursday December 7, 1922Calender converter

• Bernard Richard (Burnie) SCHOLTEN, Kalamazoo Kalamazoo County Michigan U.S.A († 1978)
• Emiel Julius Vitringa, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Ardina Johanna van Rijsingen, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Elisabeth Margaretha (Bep) de Koster, Zevenhuizen († 2010)
• Elsie Mae Kidd, Kings Mountain, Lincoln, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• * Levenloos kind Henzen, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, NL († 1922)
• Eelkje de Boer, Holwierde († 1998)
• Donald Mervyn Edward Riggs, Bristol, Avon, England († 2005)
• Cornelia van Dijk, Leiden, ZH, Nederland († 2010)
• Antonius Johannes Overwater, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)

• Berendina ten Broeke (76), Brummen
• Arend Bos (53), Nijeveen (gem. Meppel)
• Arij Lievaart (89), Rozenburg
• Cornelis (2) HARTMAN (82), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christianus Marinus van der Wurff (74), Naarden
• Anna Catharina Evers (88), Den Helder
• Adriana Maaskant (65), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• arij LIEFAART (89), rozenburg
• Abraham Breetvelt (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Barendina van Viegen (80), Amerongen

• 1920 » Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist († 2012)
• 1920 » Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author († 2002)
• 1920 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot († 1944)
• 1921 » Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar († 2016)
• 1923 » Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar († 2016)
• 1923 » Ted Knight, American actor and comedian († 1986)
• 1924 » Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer († 2020)
• 1924 » John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver († 2005)
• 1924 » Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal († 2017)
• 1924 » Mary Ellen Estill. American mathematician († 2013)

• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)

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 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
• September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
• November 24 » Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
• December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
• December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

The temperature on December 7, 1922 was between 2.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.