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• Carlos Van Genderen, Djokjakarta Java Ned.Indie
• Caroline Steffensmier, Olean (Colfax County), Colfax County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Arie Anthonie Leendert de Visser, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1999)
• Antje Allema, Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland († 1923)
• Aaltje (Atie) Post, Hilversum († 2002)
• Arendina Johanna Nijhuis, Ommen
• Bernard Alfred Christenson, Conrad, Pondera, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 1926)
• "Henri" Jean Jacquin de Margerie, Paris († 2009)
• Bernhard Hendrik Hillen, Lichtenvoorde († 1994)
• Anna Jean Nienhuis, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2016)

• Aletta Johanna van Randwijck (84), Doorn
• Anna Catharina Adelheid Maria Rath (62), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barteld Danhof (85), Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• Carl Alfred Langemeijer (5), Bussum
• Augustin Louis Théodore Baudry (77), Nantes, 44000, France
• Carl Alfred Langemeijer- (5), Bussum, Nederland
• Aaltjen Luiting (80), Harderwijk
• Adriaan Marinus Coomans (61), Sint Maartensdijk
• Anna Moes (52), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• ADRIANUS ANDREAS JORIS MOSTERT (48), 'S-GRAVENHAGE

• 1922 » Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter († 2020)
• 1922 » George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1924 » Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian († 2011)
• 1924 » Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada († 1980)
• 1925 » Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer († 2007)
• 1926 » Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2015)
• 1926 » Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics († 2009)
• 1927 » Jim Simpson, American sportscaster († 2016)
• 1927 » Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea († 2015)
• 1927 » Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician († 2016)

• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)

• 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.
• January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
• 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.
• June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• 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.

The temperature on December 20, 1923 was between -2.3 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.