About the day » Tuesday August 14, 1923Calender converter

• Baukje Hollander, 's-Gravenhage († 1993)
• Aukje Sloot († 2018)
• Anna Cornelia (Anneke) Bakx, Bergen op Zoom († 1923)
• Anna Cornelia Louisa Sikkenga, Gilze en Rijen († 1924)
• Albert Muezerie, Den Haag († 2005)
• Aloijsius Antonius Moerkens, Langeweg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Alberdina Wijchers, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Antonetta Janssens, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Annigje (Annie) Groen, Steenwijk († 2014)
• Albertje van Wieren, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)

• Antje Hoogendoorn (19), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Santing (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• David James Murrie (Murie) (63), Prahran, Victoria, Australia
• Albert van der Meer (0), Bergum (Friesland)
• Dedrika Kristina Hankamp (31), Stad Hardenberg
• Cornelia Verrips (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Harens (80), Gemeente Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie van Leeuwen (59), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derkje Weenink (53), Zwolle
• Elisabeth van Varik (69), Leiden

• 1922 » Leslie Marr, English race car driver
• 1923 » Alice Ghostley, American actress († 2007)
• 1923 » Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem († 2000)
• 1924 » Georges Prêtre, French conductor († 2017)
• 1924 » Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor († 2013)
• 1924 » Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader († 1981)
• 1924 » Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum († 2009)
• 1925 » Russell Baker, American critic and essayist († 2019)
• 1926 » Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist († 2017)
• 1926 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator († 1977)

• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)

• 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 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
• August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
• August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
• September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
• September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
• September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.

The temperature on August 14, 1923 was between 15.2 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.