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• Anne Marie Raphael Georgette Josephine Vanderbruggen, Brussel BE († 2010)
• Abraham Wisman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Auke Pieter Beute († 1986)
• Anna Maria Leonarda van GURP, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Bartholomeus Gerardus Kipp († 2010)
• Adriaan Matthijs Weststrate, Krabbendijke († 2002)
• Anna Maria Leonarda van GURP, 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 2011)
• Adolphe Adriaan Kiepe, 's-Gravenhage († 1984)
• Adriana Cornelia Hamers, Dongen († 1996)
• van Iersel, Udenhout

• Adriana de Jong (82), Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bastiaan van Zessen (76), Lexmond
• Arnoldus van Rijsingen (82), Veghel
• Adam Frederick Seegmüller (81), Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
• Antoon Derksen (66), Milsbeek (gem. Ottersum)
• Antoon Derksen (66), Ottersum/Milsbeek
• Aaltje Arnoldink (63), Zwolle, Nederland
• Aaltje Arnoldink (63), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Casteleijns (52), Hapert (Noord-Braband)
• Berend de Boer (74), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland

• 1917 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist († 1977)
• 1918 » André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver († 1993)
• 1918 » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore († 2010)
• 1919 » Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president († 1995)
• 1919 » Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach († 1996)
• 1920 » John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge († 2005)
• 1921 » Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist († 1997)
• 1921 » Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist
• 1922 » Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1922 » Teala Loring, American actress († 2007)

• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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.
• February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
• November 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
• December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

The temperature on October 6, 1920 was between 10.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.