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• Alberta van den Haselkamp, Woerden
• Adriana Lagerweij, Schiedam († 2001)
• Aukje Canrinus, Gemeente Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Albert VANSTRAELEN, Diepenbeek,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi († 1988)
• Albert Okken, Annen (gem. Aa en Hunze) († 1989)
• Aaltje Pranger, Rinsumageest, Friesland, Netherlands († 2011)
• Anne Frances Deneui, Big Stone City, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Bernardus Marius Witte, Haarlemmermeer († 1920)
• Betsy David KOPS, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Benjamin Nipperus, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)

• Adrianus de Lange (78), Utrecht
• Adrianus de Lange (78), Utrecht
• Adriana Goossens (45), Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaantje Martha KOOIJ (84), Klaaswaal (ZH NL)
• Adriana Martha Kooij (84), Klaaswaal (Hoeksche Waard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Benus (78), Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Alphonsus Romandus Leijs (0), Ossendrecht
• Aaltje Jans Visscher (42), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bremen (67), Kerkrade (L
• Anna Maria de Man (19), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant

• 1913 » Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier († 1993)
• 1914 » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress († 1986)
• 1916 » Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales († 2002)
• 1917 » Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1918 » Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit († 1997)
• 1923 » Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress († 1986)
• 1924 » Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter
• 1925 » Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator († 2013)
• 1925 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director († 1994)
• 1926 » Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter

• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)

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 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
• April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
• June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The temperature on May 24, 1920 was between 11.8 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.