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• Catharina Maria VERHOEF, Veldhuizen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1926)
• Andreas Victor Luypaert, Roeselare († 2011)
• Alfred Tworoger, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany († 1945)
• Adriana Johanna Sjaan Knijnenburg, Veur († 2014)
• Antje Hollema, Rottum, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Beitske Maarlena Bosklopper, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1923)
• Adrianus Lapien, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Bernard Barink, Gorssel
• Aristle Clell Russell, Sunset, Montague County, Texas, United States of America († 2016)
• Anna Feenstra, Haarlem († 2003)

• Benjamin Keus (46), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Antje Wiersma (80), Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aries Wessels Kuipers (87), Zuidhorn
• Andrew Rearick (81), Lewis, Union, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinette Adriana Henriëtte Simons (1), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriaan van Osch (59), Goirle
• Antonius Franciscus Eberson (49), Amsterdam
• Ariaantje Bruijns (60), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia Bühler (69), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Levie Goldsteen (84), Amsterdam

• 1919 » Julia Bowman, American mathematician and theorist († 1985)
• 1919 » Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic († 2001)
• 1919 » Peter Tali Coleman, Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa († 1997)
• 1920 » McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player († 2013)
• 1922 » Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1922 » Lucian Freud, German-English painter and illustrator († 2011)
• 1923 » Dewey Martin, American actor († 2018)
• 1923 » Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier and chemist
• 1924 » Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic († 2015)
• 1925 » Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer († 1990)

• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843)
• 1937 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)

• 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.
• May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
• July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
• September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
• 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.
• November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.

The temperature on December 8, 1922 was between -3.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.