About the day » Tuesday February 20, 1923Calender converter

• Aaldert Schoonewille, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 1959)
• Abe Hainje, Leeuwarden († 2012)
• Antje Bos, Odoornerveen, Odoorn († 2022)
• Anna BAMBACHT, haaften († 1986)
• Allie Geert Hulshof, Wildervank († 1944)
• Anna Elisabeth Kanne, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Calvin Dwigth de Berg († 1985)
• Adrianus Jacobus Cornelis Johannes Rotgans, Rotterdam († 1973)
• Catharina Jacoba Geertruida Perdaems, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Barend Spreekmeester, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1945)

• Anna Weijers (79), Voorhout
• Alina Mathilda van Vlierberghe (0), Sint Jansteen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Wouter Gerrit Bleijenberg (70), IJsselstein
• Adriana Cornelia van der Schuit (50), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Eurlings (74), Klimmen (Voerendaal), Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Tegel (78), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Tenk (0), Leuth
• Adriana Diepstraten (73), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Tenk (0), Ubbergen, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Valk (79), Leiden

• 1920 » Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi († 2014)
• 1921 » Buddy Rogers, American wrestler († 1992)
• 1923 » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Guyana († 1985)
• 1923 » Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress († 2004)
• 1923 » Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon († 2014)
• 1924 » Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite († 2019)
• 1925 » Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1925 » Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna († 1990)
• 1926 » Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director († 2018)
• 1926 » Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties († 2013)

• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)

• 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 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• 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.
• April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
• September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
• September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
• September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.

The temperature on February 20, 1923 was between -3.7 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.