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• Aaltje Geertman, Bergentheim († 1925)
• Catharina van Baren, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Albertje Zwiers, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 2022)
• Bep ten Broek († 1992)
• Albert Kloek († 1977)
• Blommaert, Bornem († 1923)
• Arnold Sexton († 1924)
• van der Wal, Rotterdam († 2017)
• Betty Mysie ACKERMAN, Mitcham, Surrey, England († 2008)
• Barbara Olave Charlotte Osborne, Guestwick Green, Norfolk, England († 2019)

• Amelia Ann Longhurst (76), Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Barend Imthorn (35), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Sieverts Drenth (50), Shell Rock Butler County Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van Veen (83), Alblasserdam, Nederland
• Abbie E Selby (69), Kent Portage County Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Charlotte HOY (88), Maclean, Nsw
• Berend Sieverts (Ben) Drenth (50)
• Cornelis Brouwer (3), Ridderkerk
• Charles Bright Fuqua (86), Seiling, Dewey, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Cornelisz van Veen (83), Alblasserdam, zh.nld

• 1917 » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1919 » Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver and pilot († 1992)
• 1919 » John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer († 2004)
• 1921 » Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer († 2006)
• 1921 » Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer († 1978)
• 1921 » Robert Runcie, English archbishop († 2000)
• 1925 » Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2013)
• 1926 » Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
• 1928 » George McFarland, American actor († 1993)
• 1928 » Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic († 2014)

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

• 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 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• 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.
• September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
• October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
• October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on October 2, 1923 was between 9.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.