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• Elisabeth Constance Muller de Montigny, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Cornelia van Dijk, Lisse († 2013)
• Edward Lyle Emmendorfer († 1995)
• Elmyra R. Johnson, Decatur, Macon, Ill († 2008)
• Adolfina D'hondt, Zeebrugge, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2014)
• Dirk Jacobus Knook, Fijnaart en Heijnigen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1990)
• Carolina Theodora Louise van Reede van Oudtshoorn Barones, Buitenzorg, Java, Indonesia († 2019)
• Albert jan Rits, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1924)
• Arnoldus Laurentius van Zwet, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1925)
• Carla Mulder, Soerakarta, Indonesië († 2013)

• Barend Eelderink (83), Zelhem
• Anna Louise Clémence Marie van Dorth tot Medler (83), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• te Kiefte, Ruurlo (Berkelland), Gelderland, Nederland
• Annechien Alberts Talens (73), Groningen
• Anna Gerhardine KUHLMANN (50), Bekhausen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Albert Boer (85), Westerbork,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Anna Maria van Campfort (74), BN
• Anna Maria Fons (41), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Boelen (69), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Annigje Hollander (59), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1921 » Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer († 1996)
• 1921 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1922 » Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 2015)
• 1922 » Ruth Roman, American actress († 1999)
• 1923 » Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author
• 1924 » Frank Corsaro, American actor and director († 2017)
• 1925 » Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1925 » Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist († 2006)
• 1926 » Alcides Ghiggia, Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1926 » Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer († 2014)

• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)

• 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 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.
• April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
• September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
• September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
• October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.

The temperature on December 22, 1923 was between -8.0 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.