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• Cornelis Dubbelman († 1983)
• Alida de Koster, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Bernadette Louise Marie MUHR, Imling, 57344, Moselle, Grand-Est, France († 2019)
• Cornelia Johanna (Hanneke) Eggens, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2015)
• Anna-Petronella van Gils, Baarle Nassau († 1942)
• Clement-Andre-Jacques-Camille ADAM, Idegem, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgie († 2005)
• Albert Jan Ongena, Goor († 2014)
• Catharina Maria Hijdra, Stompwijk, ZH, Nederland († 2020)
• Anneliese Zwolle, Essen, Duitsland
• Maaijen, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland

• Anna Molendijk (68), Pernis
• Benjamin Franklin Hays (89), Starrsville, Newton, Georgia, United States
• Alexis Alexandre Crépeault (71), Paroisse Sacré-Coeur de Jésus, Québec, Québec, Canada
• Adriana Cornelia Groenendijk (8), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbertje Johanna bikkel (79), dodewaard
• Adriana Michiels (59), Netersel, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbertje Johanna Bikkel (80), Dodewaard
• Adriana Michiels (59), Netersel
• Antonie Kuijpers (56), Vijfhuizen
• Anthonius Blom (84), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1918 » Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher († 2015)
• 1918 » Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier († 1999)
• 1919 » James S. Ackerman, American historian and academic († 2016)
• 1920 » Esther Rolle, American actress († 1998)
• 1920 » Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal († 2012)
• 1920 » Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)
• 1921 » Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic († 2012)
• 1922 » Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster († 1996)
• 1922 » Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic († 2001)
• 1922 » Thea D. Hodge, American computer scientist and academic († 2008)

• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)

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 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
• February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
• May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• November 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.

The temperature on November 8, 1920 was between -2.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.