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• Brons, Hoogeveen († 1920)
• Adrianus Henricus de Vries, Tilburg (Broekhoven) († 1920)
• Albert Brinks, Weerdinge Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2007)
• Aleida Mellina Trenning, Bellingwolde, Vriescheloo († 2012)
• Anna Jacoba Kleinhof († 2006)
• alice WEISS, wenen († 2010)
• Amandus Philibert Rottiers, Hoboken († 2012)
• Albert Boelen, Emmen († 1960)
• Aart Ligthart, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 2002)
• An van Daal, Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)

• Cleressa Mitchell (80), Rocky Springs, Montgomery, North Carolina
• van Plateringen (0), Amersfoort
• Antje Dijkstra (80), Appingedam, Nederland
• Antonia Berdina UIJTTEWAAL (0), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Daniel Cornelis van Eibergen Santhagens (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Hewitt (57), Leavitt, Oceana, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van Leeuwen
• Adriana Demmers (88), Steenbergen en Kruisland
• Brons (0), Hoogeveen
• Albertus Adrianus Odijk (0), Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1917 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice († 1967)
• 1917 » Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist († 2000)
• 1918 » Alexandra Boyko, Russian tank commander († 1996)
• 1918 » Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1919 » George Gobel, American comedian († 1991)
• 1920 » John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient
• 1921 » Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout († 1998)
• 1921 » Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician († 1995)
• 1921 » Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright († 1947)
• 1922 » Ted Hinton, Northern Irish international footballer († 1988)

• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)

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.
• March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
• 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 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The temperature on May 20, 1920 was between 6.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.