About the day » Friday January 2, 1920Calender converter

• Aaltje Baars, Utrecht (UTR) NL († 2002)
• Alma Elnora Denlinger, Montgomery County, Ohio († 1998)
• Faassen, Zeelst († 1920)
• Anna Cornelia Bierings, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 2006)
• Arie Gommel, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Aart van de Schootbrugge, Nunspeet († 1994)
• Agnes Antonia Gezina Johannink, Enschede († 1981)
• Annegien Veenhuis, Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish 11th Duke of Devonshire († 2004)
• Adriana Johanna Antonia van der Gouw, Tilburg († 1921)

• Adrianus Alphonsus van den Dries (59), Tilburg
• Benjamin Joseph Potgieter b1c7d7e5f12 (77)
• Arnoldus Henderikus Smit (81), Kloosterburen
• Adrianus Cornelis Feijtel (4), Rotterdam,Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Hendriks Smit, Kloosterburen
• Adriaan Philippus Cloete van der Bijl (79), Kenilworth(KP/Z-A)
• Anthonius Elizabertus Middendorp (1), Delft
• Arend Yntzes Heida (66), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaron Leisey (84)
• Angeline Henriette Caroline Maurenbrecher (42), Bandoeng

• 1913 » Anna Lee, English-American actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist († 1992)
• 1917 » Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer († 2003)
• 1918 » Willi Graf, German physician and activist († 1943)
• 1919 » Beatrice Hicks, American engineer († 1979)
• 1920 » Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry († 1992)
• 1921 » Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)
• 1926 » Gino Marchetti, American football player († 2019)
• 1928 » Dan Rostenkowski, American politician († 2010)
• 1929 » Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland

• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)

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 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.

The temperature on January 2, 1920 was between -2.2 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.