About the day » Tuesday January 2, 1923Calender converter

• Caroline Ruth Watts, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States of America († 2011)
• Catharina Wilhelmina KNOTTNERUS, Brielle († 1944)
• Antonio Fosquerau, Lapa, Paraná, Brasil († 1998)
• Antonius van der Veen Onbekend, Laren († 1985)
• Aafje Rosalia Kolsteeg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Sebastiana Petronella Maria (Jeanne) de Been, Den Hout († 2013)
• Adrianus Roedoe, Rotterdam († 1980)
• Celestine Elisabeth Eve van der Schoot, Soerabaja (Ned. Ind.) († 2009)
• Bastiaantje Susanna WAGEMAKER, Rotterdam († 1951)
• C.P.H. van Meegeren, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 2015)

• Adrianus Petrus de Reijer (61), Oss
• Albertha Oosterveen (3), Avereest
• ANNA MARIA PETRONELLA WILS (62), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagtje Schoonbeek (30), Termunten
• Adriaan Richelle (79), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adèle Louise Hölsken (4), Haarlem
• Adriaan Daniel Gillesse (58), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aagtje Hopman (69), Termunten (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Antonius van Mierlo (69), Westerhoven
• Aletta Beijeman (75), Waarder

• 1913 » Anna Lee, English-American actress († 2004)
• 1917 » Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer († 2003)
• 1918 » Willi Graf, German physician and activist († 1943)
• 1919 » Beatrice Hicks, American engineer († 1979)
• 1920 » Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry († 1992)
• 1921 » Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)
• 1926 » Gino Marchetti, American football player († 2019)
• 1928 » Dan Rostenkowski, American politician († 2010)
• 1929 » Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland
• 1931 » Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan

• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)

• 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 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 7.1 million citizens.
• February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
• March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
• August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
• September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
• November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

The temperature on January 2, 1923 was between -0.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.