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• Charles Kanuta Lingman, Opotiki (New Zeeland) († 1990)
• Adolph Franz Benesch, Wien, Lower Austria, Austria († 1944)
• Cor Riedijk, Schiedam († 1997)
• Anna STAAS, ís-Gravenhage († 2018)
• Bernardus Vinke, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Arendina Ligtvoet, Den Haag († 2006)
• Adrianus Pepplinkhuizen, Wageningen, Nederland († 1998)
• Catharina Wessels, 's-Heer Arendskerke († 1974)
• Antonius Adrianus van den Dijssel, Eindhoven († 1995)
• Anna Jacoba Herboth († 1999)

• Aletta Ornee (66), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthonia Cornelia Weppelman (4), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Engelbertha Maria Barendse (2), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bos (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Cortie (75), Kerkdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Engelbertha Maria Barendse (2), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Adrianus Monijé (95), Rijnsburg
• Amelia Theresia Magdelena Kieffer, Dongen
• Apollonia Helena Tettero (73), Monster
• Alida van der Helm (1), Delft,-

• 1919 » Don Cornell, American singer († 2004)
• 1919 » Licio Gelli, Italian financer († 2015)
• 1919 » Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor († 1981)
• 1920 » Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer († 1991)
• 1922 » Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1922 » Allan Watkins, Welsh-English cricketer († 2011)
• 1923 » John Mortimer, English lawyer and author († 2009)
• 1924 » Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player († 1965)
• 1925 » Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
• 1925 » John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire († 2018)

• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)

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.
• January 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
• 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.
• July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
• July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
• September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
• November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)

The temperature on April 21, 1922 was between 1.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.