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• Arvin Huenink, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 2003)
• Adrianus Cornelus van Minderhout († 1926)
• Clyde Fred Reeder, Uniondale, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• * Johanna Jacoba Maria Thomassen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1980)
• Aleida Hendrika Senkeldam, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1954)
• Christina Helena Victorine Sanders, Amsterdam († 1937)
• Betty Patricia Moore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia († 2000)
• Armina (Minnie) Nuyen († 2005)
• A. H. J. Kraanen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Anna Catharina Janssen, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1924)

• Alberdina Swiers (13), Dalerveld (Gem.Dalen)
• Arend de Wilde (31), Roden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberdina Swiers (13), Dalerveld, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertje Kremer (78), Uithuizen
• Aagje Bouwes Postma (70), Noorderhoogebrug, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje van der Veur, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alberdina Klazes Swiers (13), Dalen
• Cayetana Vasquez, Zacatecas, Mexico
• Adrianus Stolk (74), Sint Odiliënberg, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Christina Paredis (75), Beek bij Bree, Provincie Limburg, België

• 1919 » Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina († 1991)
• 1920 » Pope John Paul II († 2005)
• 1921 » Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic
• 1922 » Bill Macy, American actor († 2019)
• 1922 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer († 1983)
• 1923 » Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica († 2004)
• 1923 » Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 2013)
• 1924 » Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster († 2019)
• 1924 » Priscilla Pointer, American actress
• 1925 » Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator († 1998)

• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (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. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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.
• February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
• April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
• June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
• October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
• November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
• December 30 » The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

The temperature on May 18, 1922 was between 10.3 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.