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• Annie Groenveld († 1998)
• Anna Maria TAELS, Zichem († 2003)
• Alma Gladys de Vries, Jamestown, Ottawa county, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Augusta M A Hoes, Huisseling en Neerloon,Oss,Noord-Barbant,Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus Petrus Havermans, Gilze en Rijen († 1990)
• Alphons Karel Constantinus Pernot, Grevenbicht († 1970)
• Alida Catharina van Grieken, Leiden,Gemeente Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Afke Aukes Beeksma, Gaastmeer, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Op den Camp, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2008)
• Arie Johannes van Steenis, Amsterdam (NL)

• Anthonius David Bosman (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius David Bosman Bosman (0), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelgunde Mathilde Laura Schikofski (58), Szittkehmen, Goldap
• Abraham Cohen (46), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Christina Meijer (65), Amsterdam
• Antonia Crispiniana de Freitas, Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil
• Adriaan Ingelse (72), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Antje Johannes Postma (80), Oudkerk
• Anna Schoenmakers (72), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Ruterink (33), Noordwijk

• 1916 » Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer († 1997)
• 1917 » Kal Mann, American songwriter († 2001)
• 1918 » Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates († 2004)
• 1919 » André Guelfi, French race car driver († 2016)
• 1920 » Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji († 2004)
• 1920 » Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress († 2012)
• 1921 » Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator († 1988)
• 1922 » Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec († 1999)
• 1923 » Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2002)
• 1924 » Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor († 2014)

• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)

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 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
• May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
• August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.

The temperature on May 6, 1920 was between 7.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.