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• Adrianus G.M.C SCHELLEKENS
• Adriaan Jansen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Angelique Harwood († 1998)
• Anna HUBATÁ, Nova Straseci-Tsjechië († 2001)
• Antonie Cornelis Heijstek, Nieuwendijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Alfred James Colaço Osorio, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina Starrenburg, Leiden († 1964)
• Anna M. Klomp, Marken
• Andre Johan Maria de Klerk, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1909)
• Annie Lou Mosley, Soperton, Montgomery, Georgia, United States († 1994)

• Afke Klazes de Vries (76), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Blom (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jelles Wijbenga (1), Dantumadeel
• Afke Klazes de Vries (76), Akkrum,Gemeente Boarnsterhim,Friesland,Nederland
• Antonius Arnoldus Teunissen (9), Elst
• Aafje Dekker (41), Nibbixwoud, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Antonetta Lavrijssen, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• anna henrietta SCHOT (90), den haag
• Annechien Jans Kremer (81), Zuidbroek, Nederland
• Annechien Kremer (81), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland

• 1907 » Fran Allison, American entertainer († 1989)
• 1907 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director, screenwriter and producer († 1977)
• 1907 » Mihai Beniuc, Romanian socialist and writer († 1988)
• 1908 » Alistair Cooke, British-American journalist and author († 2004)
• 1908 » Jenő Vincze, Hungarian footballer († 1988)
• 1908 » Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse († 1968)
• 1909 » John Berger, Swiss cross-country skier († 2002)
• 1909 » Piero Gherardi, Italian costume and set designer († 1971)
• 1909 » Samand Siabandov, Soviet Red Army writer († 1989)
• 1909 » Vicente Feola, Brazilian football manager and coach († 1975)

• 1894 » Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1903 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1903 » Tom Horn, American scout, cowboy, soldier
• 1908 » Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1908 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1910 » Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1918 » John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b.1882)
• 1923 » Allen Holubar, American actor and director
• 1924 » Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman and the father of the Football Association and modern football (b. 1831)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on November 20, 1908 was between -0.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.