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• Alida Koster, Reeuwijk († 1954)
• Aldert Zeldenrust († 1985)
• Beth McSwain Gilbert, North Carolina († 2007)
• Annigje Hetebrij, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• Kreunen, Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1923)
• Anna Alberdina van den Esker, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Cecilia Jans van der Weide, Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Adriana Anna Roelands, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Cecilia van der Weide, Bolsward, Nederland († 2011)
• Arendje van der Linde, Goes († 1943)

• Antonie van Oorschot (82), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan Leendert VERSCHOOR (86), Ridderkerk
• Berendina Knecht (75), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina TUIT (88), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Adriaan den Ouden (66), Rotterdam
• Albert Heuving (78), Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Groningen,Nederland
• Cornelia Henrietta Poelert (86), Zutphen
• Cornelia Francisca Jacoba BLOOKER (37), Grootegast
• Carel Coenraad Phefferkorn (82), Loemadjang,Oost-Java,Indonesië
• Cornelia Purmer (74), Alkmaar,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1920 » Henry D. "Homer" Haynes, American comedian and musician († 1971)
• 1921 » Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor († 2003)
• 1921 » Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport († 2013)
• 1922 » Adolfo Celi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1922 » Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer
• 1923 » Mas Oyama, South Korean-Japanese martial artist († 1994)
• 1924 » Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor († 1989)
• 1924 » Vincent Canby, American historian and critic († 2000)
• 1927 » Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist († 2015)
• 1927 » Pierre Granier-Deferre, French director and screenwriter († 2007)

• 1916 » Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)
• 1916 » William Jonas, English footballer († 1890)
• 1917 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1921 » Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)
• 1924 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848)
• 1938 » Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
• 1946 » Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)

• 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.
• April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
• May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
• June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
• July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
• September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
• 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 July 27, 1923 was between 7.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.