About the day » Tuesday August 20, 1918Calender converter

• Antonius Coppens, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Abra Lambertsd van de Merwe, Rotterdam, zh.nld († 1989)
• Alain Ulrich Balthasar Ghislain Robert van Villegas Graaf van St. Pierre-Jette, Montjoye († 2012)
• Anna Martina van den Putte, Bergeijk († 1920)
• * Boer, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Dijt, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1981)
• Albertus Gerrit Noorlander, Lekkerkerk († 1980)
• Adriana Griekspoor, Leimuiden († 1991)
• Anna Dijt, Texel († 1981)
• Anton Coppens, Vught († 1999)

• Alexander Slok (0), Hof van Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Lena Verburg (0), Dreischor
• Adrianus Tiebackx (76), Roosendaal
• Schreij (0)
• Aaltje Huigen (34), Velen, Duitsland
• Antonie Marinus Brouwer (48), Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Adrianus van Ooijen (71), Poederoijen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Hendrika Zalme (34), Den Haag
• arie BUITENDIJK (6), klaaswaal
• Ardina Jansen (27), Zeelst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)
• 1913 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist († 1984)
• 1917 » Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina († 1998)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author († 1974)
• 1919 » Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 2000)
• 1919 » Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1921 » Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer († 1985)
• 1921 » Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
• 1923 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter († 1964)

• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)

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

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

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
• June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.

The temperature on August 20, 1918 was between 11.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.