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• Celestia Myrtis Croy, Arcadia, Bienville, Louisiana, United States († 1981)
• Boukje Tuininga, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Adriana Maria Johanna Josepha Wijnen, Lepelstraat (Kladde) († 1936)
• Zijlstra, Deventer († 1923)
• ARIE van Dijke († 1993)
• Aaltje Eising, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Antonia Josepha Lavrijsen, Reusel († 2008)
• Anny van der Velden, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• - Gerardu, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1923)
• Catharina Roberdina HUYGENS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)

• Anna Breed (3), St. Maarten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Molenaar (78), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Donker (78), Gorinchem
• Anna van Gent (75), Wageningen
• Adrianus Lourens (38), Ede
• Anna Hom (71), Bunnik
• Anna Helena Schlagwein (72), Bridgeport
• Anna Lambertus Hom (71), Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Hoek (37), Geesteren
• Andries Petrus van Dongen (67), Delft

• 1921 » Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 2014)
• 1921 » Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist († 1986)
• 1922 » Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1923 » Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Canadian geographer, author, and academic († 2020)
• 1923 » Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga († 2011)
• 1923 » Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat († 1998)
• 1923 » Rezső Nyers, Hungarian politician († 2018)
• 1924 » Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician († 2010)
• 1924 » Philip Abbott, American actor († 1998)
• 1925 » Harold Ashby, American saxophonist († 2003)

• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)
• 1934 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
• 1939 » Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1945 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)

• 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 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
• April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
• June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
• September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
• October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
• October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.

The temperature on March 21, 1923 was between 4.0 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.