About the day » Sunday December 16, 1923Calender converter

• Aldo Rudolph Sartori († 2015)
• Ad EUSER († 1991)
• Arnoldina Christina Wageningen, van, Makassar († 1993)
• Anna Van der Eems, Makkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Alvina R. Wagner, Douglas, Ward, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Antonie de Mooij, Rijnsburg († 2017)
• Aplonia Wilhelmina Maria van der Voort, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Andreas Steunebrink, Tynaarlo, Vries († 2008)
• Antoon Joseph Cosemans, Alken, België († 1929)
• Hofman, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

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• Berend Haversman (76), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schimmel (0), Valthermond (Borger-Odoorn)
• Angenita Elisabeth` Kronenberg (58), Arnhem
• Adriana Wesdijk (60), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Atje Petrus Haan (74), Kollum
• Bartha MAZENIER (39), Almelo
• Ane Lycklama A Nijeholt (10), Arum
• Aagje Koning (76), Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Staal (58), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1920 » Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician († 2005)
• 1921 » Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1922 » Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records († 2008)
• 1923 » Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist († 2014)
• 1923 » Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist
• 1924 » Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator († 1993)
• 1926 » A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2014)
• 1926 » James McCracken, American tenor and actor († 1988)
• 1926 » Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1927 » Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet († 2015)

• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)

• 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.
• June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
• July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
• August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
• September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
• September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.

The temperature on December 16, 1923 was between -0.2 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.