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• Visser, Langweer, Friesland, Nederland († 1923)
• Carl L. Klein, Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Arvilla Mae Barrett, Missouri (USA) († 1996)
• Adrianus Smeekens, Gilze en Rijen († 1945)
• "Gisbert" Karl Leopold Franz Friedrich Peter Douglas Tiburtius Matz, Graz, Autriche († 1994)
• Alex Jochum Kuiters, Amersfoort († 1992)
• Abraham Monster, Nieuw-Helvoet, 3222, Nederland († 1985)
• Antonetta Helena van Nijnatten, Princenhage († 2004)
• Annechiena Aaltiena Bongers, Odoorn, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 2018)
• Antje Bravenboer, Nieuw-Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)

• (Stillborn) IWEMA (0), Zuidhorn Groningen Netherlands
• Cyrillus Overlaet (30), Borgerhout,, Antwerpen, België
• Bernardus de Klerk (79), Tull en 't Waal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Maria Cornelia Kerkhof (48), Jutphaas
• Cornelis Herman van der Ven (36), Medan (NOI)
• Apolonia Krieckaart (89), Stoppeldijk, Nederland
• Bouke Bouma (45), Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Pieters van Veen (68), Garijp
• Arthur Timmermans (16), Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
• Antje Hylkes Van Der Veen (49), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1919 » Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager († 2017)
• 1920 » Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player († 2002)
• 1920 » Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host († 2006)
• 1921 » Alex Haley, American historian and author († 1992)
• 1922 » John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1923 » Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor († 2015)
• 1925 » Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer
• 1925 » Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2006)
• 1926 » Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1927 » Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor († 2019)

• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)

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 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
• October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
• October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
• 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 August 11, 1923 was between 8.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.