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• Bernard Henry Suelmann USA, St Louis Missouri (USA) († 1997)
• Albert van der Veen, Akkerwoude, Friesland, Netherlands († 2008)
• Baby Hays († 1923)
• Antonetta Maria Kerremans († 2016)
• Berthold Jacques (Barthold Jacques) Rozenberg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• ter Heegde, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kordes, Amsterdam, Noord Holland († 2005)
• Catharina Isabella Six, Amsterdam († 1997)
• Carolina Henriette Cecilia Kemme, Joure († 2003)
• Arend Dijken van, Valburg († 1955)

• Adriana Rijm (1), Oudewater
• Antje Jeanette Damste (59), Apeldoorn,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolphina Carolina Nijenberg (75), Wijhe
• Anthonie Schuit (Schuijt) (45), Zaandam
• Adrianus Winkelman (44), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Marie Alfred Jongen (61), Heers, België
• Charles René Bakhuizen van den Brink (73), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Geertruida Frederica Snel (60), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antje Tjibbes Sytsma (82), Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie de Heij (77), Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1921 » Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author († 2014)
• 1921 » Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator († 1986)
• 1922 » Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster († 1991)
• 1922 » Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author († 1998)
• 1922 » Murray Gershenz, American actor and businessman († 2013)
• 1922 » Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager († 2012)
• 1924 » Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet († 2016)
• 1924 » Maxine Cooper, American actress and photographer († 2009)
• 1924 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1925 » Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2015)

• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)

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 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
• September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
• September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
• October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.

The temperature on May 12, 1923 was between 2.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.