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• Boukje Meines, Norg, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1974)
• Bernard Toren, Heerlen († 1970)
• Aaltje Dam, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)
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• Allegonda Maria Elisabeth (Gonny) van den Broek, Tilburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Arie Matton († 1998)
• Catarina Sens, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1923)
• Adolfina De Kerf († 1923)
• carolina heijnen, neerkant († 1926)
• Alberdina Jantina van Veen, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1925)

• Auke Noordhoof (8), Noordhorn, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Arnoldus van der Pas, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aurelia Oudshoorn (69), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Goedgeluk (74), Nijmegen
• Adriana Huijs (77), Schiedam
• Antje Lamers (82), Amsterdam
• Aaltje van Mever (67), Meerkerk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annechien Kremers (54), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonino QUARTANA (33)
• Adriana den Admirant (66), Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1916 » Marcel Bigeard, French general († 2010)
• 1917 » Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga
• 1921 » Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer
• 1923 » Jay Hebert, American golfer († 1997)
• 1924 » Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma († 2017)
• 1927 » Lois Maxwell, Canadian-Australian model and actress († 2007)
• 1928 » Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician († 2014)
• 1928 » William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi († 2013)
• 1929 » Vic Morrow, American actor and director († 1982)

• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
• 1948 » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)

• 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.
• August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
• September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
• September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
• September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
• October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
• November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

The temperature on February 14, 1923 was between -6.9 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.