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• Adrianus Wilhelmus Maria Vos, Zaandam († 2007)
• Augustinus Lavrijsen, Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Antonia Berendina VERMEER, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• "Jean-Marie" Thierry Alphonse van der Dussen de Kestergat, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique († 1992)
• Anna Rácz, Zimandu Nou, Arad, România († 2011)
• Albert Witvoet, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 1923)
• Ashby William Gochenour, Page, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Aldert Schaap († 1995)
• Anna Cornelia Oomen, Gilze, Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Antonius Maria [Ton] Okkerman, Kamerik († 2015)

• Adriana Maria van Bommel (65), Hedikhuizen
• Antje Willems Roos (90), Venhuizen, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Boertjes (0), Willemstad, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• "Emile" Charles Didier Labiche (94), Paris
• Anna Maria Theodora Taets van Amerongen (48), Breda, N.B
• Albert HOMAN (68), De Punt (Vries), Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Albertus Elout (56), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van Koot (62), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bruijn (63), Amsterdam
• ANTHONIE DE ROOIJ (61), Zevenhoven

• 1921 » Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor († 2003)
• 1921 » Herman van Raalte, Dutch footballer († 2013)
• 1921 » Jan Novák, Czech composer († 1984)
• 1922 » Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress († 1994)
• 1923 » Edward Mulhare, Irish-American actor († 1997)
• 1923 » George Fisher, American cartoonist († 2003)
• 1924 » Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English general and historian († 2006)
• 1924 » Frédéric Back, German-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1924 » Kumar Gandharva, Hindustani classical singer († 1992)
• 1924 » Sara Northrup Hollister, American occultist († 1997)

• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)

• 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 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
• June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
• June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
• August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
• September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
• December 16 » President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.

The temperature on April 8, 1922 was between 1.4 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.