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• Annechien Rotgers, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Aaltje (Alie) Westra (Groenewegen), Wons († 2010)
• Amelia Margaretha Alberts, Zutphen († 2012)
• Aafje Kuiper, Meppel († 2005)
• Albertus Moleman, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Catharina Luijcx, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Apolonia Maria van der Zalm, 's-Gravenhage
• Bernardus Goslinski, Groningen, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Bebita (Betty) Marie Delaronde, Jackfish, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada († 1997)
• Allegonda Antonia van de Donk, Eindhoven († 1922)

• Arend Nieboer (3), Texel (De Waal)
• Antje Schrijver (1), Veenendaal, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Didden (56), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Didden (56), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnolda Maria Bloks, Heesch
• Anje Pieters Groenendal (92), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert BERGHUIS (67), Baflo
• Antonius Klaassen (18), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Schaede (71), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Huijser van Reenen (77), Grootschermer, Nederland

• 1920 » Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright († 1985)
• 1921 » Alan Hale, Jr., American actor († 1990)
• 1921 » Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter († 1980)
• 1922 » Carl Furillo, American baseball player († 1989)
• 1922 » Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer († 2008)
• 1922 » Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey († 2014)
• 1922 » Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator († 2015)
• 1922 » Yevgeny Matveyev, Russian actor and director († 2003)
• 1924 » Anthony Caro, English sculptor and illustrator († 2013)
• 1924 » Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)

• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)

• 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.
• January 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
• February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
• May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
• June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
• June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".

The temperature on March 8, 1922 was between 4.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.