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• Adrianus Petrus Steenvoorden, Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1992)
• Antonius Johannes (Tonnie) van Eenbergen, Gemert, Nederland († 1992)
• Albert Cornelisz Koedijk, Broek op Langedijk († 1977)
• Barbara Maria Fokker, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adriana Arjana van Weelden, Herwijnen († 2005)
• Anna Maria Coumans, Voerendaal, Limburg, Netherlands († 1999)
• BOUKJE OSSEWAARDE, .Leiden († 1988)
• Ada Jeanne de Vignon vdvelde, Frederiksborg († 2008)
• Albertha Elisabeth Kwinkelenberg, Den Helder, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Bernardus Hendrikus Delpeut, Vianen († 2008)

• Adam Smeulders (53), Tilburg
• Akke Theunis Dantuma (80), Sneek
• Cornelia Rolvers (68), Haarlem
• Adrianus Jan Baptist Maas (60), Tilburg
• Antonie Droste zu Vischering (74)
• Adrianus Huiskens (57), Rotterdam
• Albertje Lubberts (83), Kalkwijk, Nederland
• Aalf Nijborg (0), Noorddijk, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Boudewina Ebeli (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1915 » William Berenberg, American physician and academic († 2005)
• 1918 » Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1918 » Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author († 2020)
• 1920 » Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan († 2014)
• 1921 » Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist († 2003)
• 1922 » Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer († 2008)
• 1923 » Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright († 2015)
• 1923 » Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper († 2015)

• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1933 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)

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 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
• February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

The temperature on October 29, 1920 was between -0.6 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.