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• Anno Wierenga, De Maten, Emmen († 2018)
• Catarina van Leeuwen († 1999)
• Cornelia Louisa van Oirschot, Venlo († 2004)
• Bernardus Johannes Marinus (Bennie) Nijhuis, Noord Berghuizen (Losser) († 2002)
• Bastiaantje Hendrika SPRONG, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Arend Doppenberg, Putten Gld († 1998)
• Audrey Mary Brook, Queensland († 1964)
• Cornelis - Cor Gianotten, Rotterdam († 1987)
• Arend Doppenberg, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Brookie William Fowler, Horry County,South Carolina († 1994)

• Antonia Koekkoek (83), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Caroline G Alsgood (68), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• "kind van mannelijk" van Eerde (0), Den Helder
• Anna Margaretha PLEMP (75)
• Christina Dorethea Holzken, Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Caroline (Carrie) Gesine Harris (58), Kings Co., New York
• Adriana Cornelia van Hest (69), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan HOLSTER Dzn (72), Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anna Margareta Plemp (75)
• Alice Marie Bergen (5), Chicago, Verenigde Staten

• 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)
• 1924 » George Zuverink, American baseball player († 2014)

• 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. 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.
• January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
• 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.
• May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• May 19 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
• October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
• 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 August 20, 1919 was between 14.3 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.