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• Agatha Schot, Dordrecht († 2002)
• Alvaro Cicognani, Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy († 1943)
• Aaldrik Tebbes, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1996)
• Adrianus Johannes Drijvers, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1999)
• Anthonie Smits, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1923)
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• Beatrix Petronella Philipsen, Castenray, Limburg, Nederland († 1991)
• Bouwina Geertruida Voorthuijsen, Amsterdam († 1976)
• Christianus Maria Voets, Schijndel († 1988)
• Carmen Jean Karnes, Parker City, Randolph, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1996)

• Antonia Smeenk (72), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Albers (75), Almelo
• Abraham Jacobs POLAK (88), Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aelze Jans (Aalze) van der Meulen (80), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Geurts (0), Lanaken
• Aetze Jans van der Meulen (80), Leeuwarden
• Abraham Polak (88), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria WEIJTS (0), Mierlo
• Anthonie van Arkel (1), Buurmalsen {GE}
• Antonie Koenraad de Wit (35), Willemstad

• 1921 » Richard Deacon, American actor († 1984)
• 1922 » Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia († 1999)
• 1923 » Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2019)
• 1923 » Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1925 » Al Porcino, American trumpet player († 2013)
• 1925 » Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer († 1997)
• 1925 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver († 1985)
• 1925 » Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress († 2016)
• 1925 » Sophie Kurys, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1926 » Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor († 1984)

• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)

• 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 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
• 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 French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
• October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
• October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
• 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 May 14, 1923 was between 3.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.