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• Anne Ploeg, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Anne Willems Ploeg, Surhuisterveen († 1997)
• Anna Augustin, Haarlem († 2017)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Elemans, Ede, GD, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna Maria Diederen, Hoensbroek, LI, Netherlands († 2011)
• An (Anna Maria) van der Steen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Albertha Westhof († 1994)
• Andrée Baudry, Hasnon, 59178, France († 1922)
• Andries Timmerman, Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Aart Schelven van, Djokjakarta/NOI († 1985)

• Bruin Jans Haisma (33), Heerenveen, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Cora Stella McKnight (28), Glade Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina
• Aris Poppen (80), Graft
• Christina Maria Kroeze (4), Colmschate, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• "Marguerite" Marie Joséphine de Villeneuve (94), château de Bois-le-Roi, Griselles, Loiret, France
• Bruno Bernal , Jr (63), San Jose, Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten
• Dingena Thijssen (70), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annichje Noordhuis (52), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Christiaan Wijnbelt (59), Kampen, Nederland
• Cornelis Jan van Nobelen (0), Oost en West Souburg

• 1916 » Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India († 1994)
• 1917 » Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1918 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest († 2005)
• 1919 » Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece († 1999)
• 1921 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1922 » Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian († 2003)
• 1923 » Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician († 2017)
• 1923 » James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director († 2016)
• 1923 » Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic († 2003)
• 1923 » William C. Campbell, American golfer († 2013)

• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)

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. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
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.
• January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
• January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
• 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 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
• July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.

The temperature on May 5, 1920 was between 0.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.