About the day » Friday January 5, 1923Calender converter

• Abee, Ommelanderwijk, Groningen, Nederland († 1923)
• Ariena Rouw, Hattem,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Ariena Rouw, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Alice Melba Kittrell Ilgen <K NCBI 3Obt>3 "Melba", Fairmont, Robeson County, North Carolina († 2011)
• Catharina Hendrika van der Valk, Voorchoten († 2008)
• Arend Albert Jassies, Overdinkel, 7586, Nederland († 1968)
• Anna Francisca Brunemann, amsterdam († 1959)
• Agnes Elisabeth Huijberts († 2000)
• Aart Wijnbergen, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)
• Antonius de Vaan, Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)

• Anna Catharina Wilhelmina Amija (74), Voerendaal (Voerendaal) (Limburg)
• Antonia Christina Boon (47)
• Anna Charlotte Bronkhorst (45), Soerakarta, Jawa Tengah (Djawa Tengah), Indonesië
• Aaltje Tyink (53)
• Cornelia Koolhoven (83), Delft
• Arnold Danen (78), Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL
• Arie Chardet (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Overmeer (89), Dokkum
• Andries Nagelsmit (69), Winschoten
• David Bowen (46), Aransas Pass, San Patricio County, Texas, United States

• 1919 » Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician († 2012)
• 1920 » Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1921 » Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright († 1990)
• 1921 » Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgish soldier and aristocrat († 2019)
• 1921 » John H. Reed, American politician and diplomat, 67th Governor of Maine († 2012)
• 1922 » Anthony Synnot, Australian admiral († 2001)
• 1923 » Sam Phillips, American radio host and producer, founded Sun Records († 2003)
• 1926 » Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist († 2000)
• 1926 » Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner († 2007)
• 1926 » W. D. Snodgrass, American poet († 2009)

• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)

• 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 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
• February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
• September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
• September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
• November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.

The temperature on January 5, 1923 was between 2.1 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.