About the day » Friday February 9, 1923Calender converter

• Adriana Rietveld, Nieuwpoort († 2008)
• Anthony Cosimo Bo Maranto Jr, Marshall, Harrison, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Albert (Bart) Ouwens, IJsselmonde († 1995)
• Ann van den Broek, Waalwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Bastiaan Jacobsz Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriaan Cornelis Hartog, Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1990)
• Bastiaan Hoek, Katwijk († 1986)
• Berend van der Paard († 2010)
• (14l4.C) Petrus Johannes van Bezouw, Gilze († 1996)
• Anna Maria Henriette (Anna) Nollet, Aardenburg, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen

• Albert Azink (43), Bathmen
• Alberta Geertruida MEEUWSEN (83), Arnhem,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Tensen (51), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Vriezen (78), Dinxperlo, Nederland
• Aaltjen Vriezen (78), Dinxperlo
• Antje Bosma (82), Westhem
• Adrianus DE WAAL (37), Dordrecht (NL)
• Aaltje de Valk (82), Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Lutter (68), Bourtange, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Janssen (40), Helden

• 1920 » Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach († 2012)
• 1922 » C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts († 2014)
• 1922 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster († 1986)
• 1922 » Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano († 2010)
• 1922 » Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist († 2005)
• 1923 » Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright († 1964)
• 1923 » Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician († 2014)
• 1925 » Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic († 2001)
• 1925 » John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
• 1926 » Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland († 2011)

• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)

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.
• February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
• 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.
• 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 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

The temperature on February 9, 1923 was between 2.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.