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• Barend Geskus, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Aaltje Oudgenoeg, Midwolda (Oldambt) († 1942)
• Bernard Te Kronnie, Stoffelsweg 2 (Miste) († 1998)
• Adriaan Gerrit Cornelis van Doesburg, Sanvic, Frankrijk
• Aaltje Tuijp, Volendam († 1985)
• van den Driesschen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Bruijns, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1999)
• Alicia Maria Vanhee, Leke († 2003)
• Alexander Le NOBLE, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Arend Doppenberg, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)

• Antonij van Buuren (84)
• Melse (0), Vrouwenpolder
• Anthonia Petronilia Arendsz (73), Oranjestad, Aruba
• Anna Maria VAN CALIS (65), Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antonius Martinus Joannes van Kempen (26), Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus Maria de Vet (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Antonia Johanna Visscher (49), Zwolle
• Aaltje Moes (67), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexander Morris Green (30), Pulmonary tuberculosis, 'Woodville' Red Cross Home, Belmore Road, Randwick, NSW, AU
• Aaltje Hilles de Graaf (88), no.8 (or 139), Oldeboorn, Friesland, Nederland

• 1916 » Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator († 1993)
• 1916 » João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman († 2016)
• 1916 » Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer († 2017)
• 1917 » John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas († 2014)
• 1919 » Lex Barker, American actor († 1973)
• 1920 » Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic († 2000)
• 1920 » Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director († 1996)
• 1920 » Sloan Wilson, American author and poet († 2003)
• 1920 » Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator († 1991)
• 1922 » Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author († 1992)

• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)

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.
• March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
• May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month 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.
• September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
• December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
• December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

The temperature on May 8, 1920 was between 5.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.