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• Berendina Catharina REMMELINK, Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Akke Bouma, Easterwierrum, Baarderadiel, Friesland, Nederland († 2006)
• Dirkje Alida Heuff, Beusichem (Buren) (GL) († 1990)
• Dirk Jacob Guijt, Katwijk († 1999)
• Antonius (Toon) Gijzen, Etten Leur, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• ARIE MOSTERT, VLAARDINGER-AMBACHT († 2000)
• Burgert Christian Kieser, South Africa († 1979)
• Antonetta Christina Hekman, Nieuwleusen († 2007)
• Cornelis Bernaards, Lepelstraat, N-Br, NL († 2001)
• Carolina Hopmans, Hoogerheide, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)

• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Adams (70), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hermans (42), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kouwenhoven (79)
• Barbera Veldhoen (74), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida WOLFF (86), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Alida Werkhoven (51), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van den Adel (64), Papendrecht
• Adrianus Johannes Kouwenhoven (79), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (Berber) Barendina Gerlach (38), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Annetje de Pijper (71), Heenvliet

• 1919 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist († 1983)
• 1919 » Skippy Baxter, Canadian-American figure skater and coach († 2012)
• 1920 » Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer († 2012)
• 1920 » George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1920 » Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer († 2015)
• 1921 » Otto Graham, American football player and coach († 2003)
• 1921 » Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer († 2004)
• 1922 » Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician († 2016)
• 1922 » John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient († 1944)
• 1924 » Wally Cox, American actor († 1973)

• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)

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.
• 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 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
• June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
• September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.

The temperature on December 6, 1923 was between -2.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.