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• Nuus, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1923)
• Albert Emiel TERRIJN, Staden,8840,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1988)
• Albert Johan Vredevoogd, Palembang († 1943)
• Arend Bert Abbas, Ackley, Butler County, Iowa († 1990)
• Ada Marie Pieschke, Clark, Clark Co., SD († 2014)
• Catharina Maria Kuijs, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)
• Abraham Ridderhof, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Korndewal, Amersfoort († 2009)
• Annechien - Annie Bruinewoud, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• Catharina Maria Geisler, Roermond, Limburg, Nedeland († 2010)

• Angela of Fernández-Córdoba-Pérez (74)
• Adriana Maria Daemen (66), Tilburg
• Anthonius Cornelis Brouwer (0), Vinkeveen, Gemeente De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Daemen (66), Tilburg Nederland
• Abraham Best (73), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Vermoolen (78), Vinkeveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Nuus (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Akke de Boer (42), Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Albert Lodewijk Rooijers (63), Amsterdam
• Aan Jeep Algera (0), Dronrijp

• 1921 » August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director († 2012)
• 1922 » Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer († 2005)
• 1922 » Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator († 2000)
• 1922 » Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager († 1988)
• 1923 » Rose Marie, American actress and singer († 2017)
• 1924 » Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist († 2016)
• 1924 » Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist († 2016)
• 1924 » Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1924 » Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer († 2009)
• 1925 » Mike Connors, American actor and producer († 2017)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (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.
• March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
• April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
• 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 British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
• October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
• 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 15, 1923 was between 8.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 15.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.