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• Anna Cornelia van der Geest, Warmond († 2000)
• van der Wal, Rotterdam († 2017)
• Adriaan Marie Antoon Elemans, Ede, Gelderland (NL.) († 1924)
• Arie Weijers († 2004)
• Arnold Sexton († 1924)
• Adrianus Albertus Matheus Warmerdam, Noordwijkerhout († 2003)
• Adrianus Albertus Maria (Aad) Warmerdam, Gemeente Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Ate de Graaf, Houtigehage, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1923)
• Blommaert, Bornem († 1923)
• Catharina Mulder, Nibbixwoud, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Cornelis van Roest (82), Kesteren
• Berend Sieverts Drenth (50), Shell Rock Butler County Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Clementine Virginia Wallace Williams [O MI] (80), York District, South Carolina
• Blommaert (0), Bornem
• Augustus Verdonck (61), Bevel, 2560, België
• Cornelia Carolina Seebregts (0), Hilvarenbeek (Hilvarenbeek) (Noord-Brabant)
• Catharina de Jong (74), Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustyn Kluczykowski Sr (83), Portage County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• August Verdonck (61), Bevel
• Anje Schutter (48), Middelstum,, Groningen, Nederland

• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Helena
15. Margaretha
16. Aaltje

• 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.
• 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.
• May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
• June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
• September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
• October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.

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.