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• Catharina Maria (To) de Reus, Heemstede († 2014)
• Bertha M. Keller, Pierce, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Camella Beatrice Wortman Valentine [Bu], North Carolina († 1994)
• Albertine Lecompte, Tourcoing, 59599, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 2010)
• Auke Koehoorn, Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands († 1988)
• Bart Rademaker († 2011)
• Camiel Auman, Heusden († 2004)
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• Adrianus Johannes Dekker, Obdam († 1970)
• Cornelia Lely, van der, Wateringen († 2015)

• Alef Jan Tjeerd van der Heide (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Coenraad Jacobus Lammerink (69), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Leo Chambers (25), St. Louis City, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham A. Beeghley (73), Pyrmont, Montgomery County, Ohio
• Auktje van der Lei (88), Zevenhuizen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Leendert Breure (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auktje Geltes van der Lei (88), Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Alef Jan Tjeerd VAN DER HEIDE (0), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Adriana Margaretha Elisa Akkermans (14), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriaan Krombeen (2), Kruiningen

• 1914 » Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic († 1985)
• 1914 » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1914 » Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1915 » Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal († 2016)
• 1916 » C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General († 2013)
• 1918 » Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2003)
• 1918 » Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician († 1991)
• 1918 » Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain († 2015)
• 1921 » José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian († 2009)
• 1923 » Joel Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury († 2014)

• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
• May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
• 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 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.

The temperature on October 14, 1920 was between 2.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.