About the day » Tuesday January 6, 1920Calender converter

• Adrianus J Paardekam, Ginneken,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Adrianus van Doorn, Haarlem († 1992)
• Adrianus Petrus Lambregts, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Anne Gerrits Wijnia († 1980)
• Adrianus Johannes (Janus) Paardekam, Ginneken († 1982)
• Agnes Arlene Weale, Albion (Orleans County) (New York) († 2011)
• Verheijen († 1992)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Voetdijk, Hengforden, Olst († 2006)
• (Stillborn) DE JONG, Smallingerland Friesland Netherlands († 1920)
• Alexander Crews († 1943)

• Baafje Cornelis Lap (76), Amerongen
• Alice Lucinda French (84), Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
• Abraham Franken (64), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Sinnema (82), Leeuwarden
• Antje van Zanten Solleveld (32), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Jacobus Mulders (9), 's Hertogenbosch
• Beekje Zwiers (4), Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Gerrits Gerritsen (11)
• Allegonda van Wissen (79), Wassenaar
• Beekje Zwiers (4), Hoogeveen nederland

• 1916 » Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic († 1978)
• 1917 » Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat († 2005)
• 1920 » Early Wynn, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1920 » John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist († 2004)
• 1920 » Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader; founder of the Unification Church († 2012)
• 1921 » Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster († 1998)
• 1921 » Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic († 2013)
• 1923 » Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author († 1999)
• 1923 » Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1974)
• 1923 » Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner († 2007)

• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
• 1922 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)

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 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
• August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
• October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

The temperature on January 6, 1920 was between -4.4 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.