About the day » Monday July 31, 1922Calender converter

• Alphonsius Maria Gerardus van der Leest, Loon op Zand († 1986)
• Alfred Alponso Johnson, Woodside, Saint Mary, Jamaica († 2009)
• Berend de WILDE, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)
• Kaaijk, Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Andre Joseph Alida Berbiers, Melle († 1982)
• Haiko Pieter Jansonius, Meedhuizen († 1923)
• Athol Ryale MILLS, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand († 2001)
• Anna Florentina Tieleman, Hontenisse,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Stornebrink, Dronrijp († 2017)
• Aalt Puttenstein, Oldebroek († 1922)

• Charles Ademare POUCHELE (63), Esquelbecq, 59210, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Arnold Wemerman (4), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Kaaijk (0), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Albertus Theissling- (72), Castricum, Nederland
• David P Weaver (71), Milaca, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States
• Augustus Franciscus VANBESIEN (61), Klemskerke, 35007, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Agnetta Elizabeth Roest Van Limburg (69), Rotterdam
• Adrianus de Bruin (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annie Janet McDonald (49), Nelson, New Zealand
• Agnetta Elizabeth Hendrika Roest van Limburg (69), Rotterdam

• 1919 » Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor († 2006)
• 1919 » Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer († 2003)
• 1920 » James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician († 2007)
• 1921 » Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author († 2017)
• 1921 » Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International († 2005)
• 1921 » Whitney Young, American activist († 1971)
• 1922 » Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager († 2007)
• 1923 » Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American songwriter and producer, founded Atlantic Records († 2006)
• 1923 » Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer, invented Kevlar († 2014)
• 1924 » Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach († 2015)

• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)

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.
• March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
• March 26 » The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
• April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
• July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
• November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.

The temperature on July 31, 1922 was between 11.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.