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• Bareld Niemeijer, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 2003)
• Annigje Bentum, Dwingeloo
• Annie Bentum († 2001)
• Armand Auguste Ternon, Cauville sur Mer (F) († 2005)
• Antoine Edmond Adrien Vandersmissen, Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België († 1995)
• Adriaan Hubregt van Iwaarden, Cadzand († 2002)
• Bastiaan Andeweg, Nieuw Beijerland († 1964)
• Anna Maria Stadman, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 2002)
• Aaltje Sterenberg, Losdorp, Groningen, Nederland († 1920)
• Adrianus Joannes Bronner, Udenhout († 2003)

• Angeline Alexandre SCHIETECATTE (39), Laeken,1020,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Anna Catharina Eekma (48), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Albert de Winter (75), Borgele (Diepenveen)
• Albertien Bakker (64), Smilde
• Angelina Joanna Maria Grijseels (55)
• Adriaantje Timmers (71)
• Anna Maria de Hoog (81), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha van der Vlist (25), Leiden
• Adrianana van Bergen (15), Steenbergen, Nederland
• Alijda Berendina Francisca Reijners (74), eemnes

• 1917 » Bobby Locke, South African golfer († 1987)
• 1917 » Erich Leo Lehmann, American statistician († 2009)
• 1917 » Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician († 1971)
• 1917 » Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician († 2010)
• 1918 » Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator († 1986)
• 1918 » Dora Ratjen, German high jumper († 2008)
• 1919 » Alan Brown, English race car driver († 2004)
• 1919 » Phyllis Thaxter, American actress († 2012)
• 1920 » Douglas Dick, American actor and psychologist († 2015)
• 1921 » Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge († 1992)

• 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)
• 1925 » Alexandra of Denmark, queen of England (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Bill Holland, American track and field athlete (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Augustine Birrell, British politician (b. 1815)
• 1934 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)

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

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

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
• April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
• June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
• August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
• October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
• November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.

The temperature on November 20, 1919 was between 2.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.