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• Antonius Johannes Bokkers, Nijkerk († 1986)
• Abraham van de Kar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Ad Prince, Tilburg († 1987)
• Adriana Johanna van Vugt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Bernard Heinrich Wolbers, De Maten, Emmen († 2010)
• Adriaan van Wieringen, Oak Harbor, Island, Washington, United States († 1986)
• Alvin Lee Cassells († 1975)
• Ad Prince, Tilburg Nederland († 1987)
• André Smolders, Tilburg († 2002)
• Albertus Berend van Niersen († 1942)

• Berendina Koerselman (43), Gorssel (Lochem), Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara van Wanrooij (62)
• Bird Moore Milum (75), Lead Hill Boone County Arkansas
• Alberta Vos van Avezate (84), Zwolle
• Berendina Koerselman (43), Almen (Gorssel)
• Anna Maria Spierenburgh (68), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Elisabeth van Zadelhoff (78), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Weide (geboren Hoek) (30), Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes Hubertus Caris (22), Neer
• Anna Elisabeth Wildenboer (43), Rotterdam

• 1916 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1918 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1921 » Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician († 2016)
• 1921 » Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)
• 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
• 1927 » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar († 2007)
• 1930 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1930 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1995)

• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)

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.
• April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
• 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.
• May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
• May 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
• September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
• November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The temperature on May 11, 1922 was between 0.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.