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• Anne van der Tuin, Opende, Groningen, Netherlands († 1995)
• Alberdina Johanna Elshof, Rotterdam
• Albertus Andreas Mulder, Steggerda († 1999)
• Adriana Cornelia Begthel († 2012)
• Alvin Otto Lynch, Illinois († 2007)
• Anna Elisabeth van den Tillart († 1965)
• Adolf Verhaeghe, Passendale, België († 1995)
• Aantje Morelissen, Leerdam († 2007)
• Anna Elisabeth van den Tillart, veghel, Nederland († 1965)
• Adrianus Martinus Johannes Schellings, Dongen († 1974)

• Bauke Douwes Faber (81), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie Damen (29), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bauke Sikkes Faber (81)
• Anna Catharina Frings (0), Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf
• Charles John Valentine Hewitt (7), East Grinstead, Sussex, England
• Anna Huibertje van Goch (0)
• Clara Martina Maria Hubertina Maquiné (24), Blerick, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Radstaak (63), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Annigje Gol (74), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Leonardus van Noort (56), Rotterdam

• 1917 » Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer († 1989)
• 1917 » Irving Penn, American photographer († 2009)
• 1917 » Katharine Graham, American publisher († 2001)
• 1917 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1999)
• 1920 » Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director
• 1920 » Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author († 2002)
• 1920 » José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico († 2004)
• 1920 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic († 2002)
• 1922 » Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach († 2011)
• 1923 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver († 1962)

• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)

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 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• 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 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.

The temperature on June 16, 1920 was between 11.7 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.