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• Adriaantje Fondse, Zierikzee († 1970)
• Arend Kramer († 1998)
• Anthony Arthur Duncan Montague-Brown († 2013)
• Looman, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Catharina Bos, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• Arendina van Leusen, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Adaline Jessie Aiken, Waverley, South Taranaki District, Taranaki, New Zealand († 2001)
• Arie Sloof, Heerjansdam († 2012)
• Anna Petronella Kip, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Annie Olde Nordkamp, Oldenzaal († 2018)

• Anna Cornelia Voskens (66), Geertruidenberg
• Anna Josephina Van Ophuizen (1), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Sprenkel (47), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dina Gerharda Hillen (20)
• Clemence Lievens (80), Aalter,9880,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE
• Alfonsus Edmundus Gauquie (69), Esen
• Adrianus Josephus de Pauw (53), Eindhoven
• Antje Hilgen (65), Gieterveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Cornelis de Groot (52), Utrecht,U,NL
• Antoon Riekents Vis (0), Noorderkade, Blokzijl

• 1920 » Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic († 2000)
• 1920 » Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director († 1996)
• 1920 » Sloan Wilson, American author and poet († 2003)
• 1920 » Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator († 1991)
• 1922 » Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author († 1992)
• 1924 » S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic († 1989)
• 1925 » Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania
• 1926 » David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
• 1926 » David Hurst, German actor († 2019)
• 1926 » Don Rickles, American comedian and actor († 2017)

• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)

• 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.
• February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
• June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• 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.

The temperature on May 8, 1923 was between 9.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.