About the day » Thursday January 8, 1920Calender converter

• "Maria" Catharina BEELEN, Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland († 1988)
• Arthur Carolus Camillus Cuelenaere, Boekhoute († 2010)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Beek, Delft († 2002)
• Albertina Kortenhorst, Vught,Gemeente Vught,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1930)
• Bartelina Pieternella Flikweert († 1994)
• Adriana van Spijk, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Bastiaan-Leendert Aardoom, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Bertus Verhoeff, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Kuipers, Rotterdam
• Albert Edward (Harry) COOK († 1991)

• Adriana Vuijk Noorland (65), Wijngaarden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Vuijk Noorland (66), Wijngaarden
• Adriana Vuijk Noorland (65), Wijngaarden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Hendrik van Zeggelaar (0), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agneta Maria Kords (85), Kirchdorf (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel
• Adriana Noorlander (65), Wijngaarden
• Antonetta Peijnenborgh (35), Hoge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Agatha Scholman (71), Haarzuilens, Nederland
• Adam Lefever Coulter (72), unbekannt
• Abigail Hobbs (74), Washington, Indiana, United States

• 1915 » Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1917 » Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1994)
• 1922 » Dale D. Myers, American engineer († 2015)
• 1923 » Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor († 2011)
• 1923 » Johnny Wardle, English cricketer († 1985)
• 1923 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author († 2008)
• 1923 » Larry Storch, American actor and comedian
• 1924 » Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer († 2010)
• 1924 » Ron Moody, English actor and singer († 2015)
• 1925 » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright († 1972)

• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)

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

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

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• April 25 » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.

The temperature on January 8, 1920 was between -0.8 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.