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• Ada Ens, Berkhout († 1999)
• cornelis de jager, rotterdam († 2005)
• Alphonsius Robertus MERTENS, Schilde, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2010)
• Cornelia BOOTSMAN († 2012)
• Cornelia (Nel) Bootsman († 2012)
• Abeltje Siebenga, Oosterzee gem. Lemsterland († 2019)
• Arendje Geertrda Hoeben, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Anna Dijkstra, ,, Langezwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 2008)
• Adrianus Johannes van Brunschot, Boxtel († 1993)
• Adriaantje Fondse, Zierikzee († 1970)

• Anna Maria Agnes Heeger (69), Groningen, gr, Nederland
• Arie van Dijk (84), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltina Henderika Broeksema (7), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna SPRENKEL (47), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August A Lierow (50)
• Dina Gerharda Hillen (20), Enschede
• * Hendrika Margaretha Sterk (46), Meerkerk
• Dina Gerharda Hillen (20)
• Cornelis Jan van der Laan (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Bernardus VERHOLT (68), Velp, Rheden (NL)

• 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)

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 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• 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 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
• October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
• October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

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.