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• Anna Geertruda LOS († 1973)
• Annie Jacoba Margaretha Jonker, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1993)
• Adrianus Cornelis Tilburg van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Alyce Louise OOSTERHOUSE, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2020)
• Antje de Wit, Opheusden, Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1989)
• Aleides Lambertus Thomas († 1994)
• Antonia Johanna van Heesch, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Cornelia Petronella Maria Brocken, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Cornelia Elisa Antonetta van Gerwen, Tilburg († 2013)
• Connie J Van Devrede († 2004)

• Aaltje Alberts Dolsma (71), Wapserveen,havelte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anje Eppes Oosterhuis (76), Uithuizen
• Cornelis Johannes van den Boogaard (0), Boxtel
• Carolus Joannes Scheulderman (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina van de Water (59), Doesburg
• Adrianus van der Krogt (54), Leiden
• Bregtje Menna Smit (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• "kind van mannelijk" van der Wel (0), Velsen
• David Ephraim Sayre (69)
• Anna Maria Kramer (71)

• 1918 » Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral († 2013)
• 1920 » Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach († 1998)
• 1922 » Al Alberts, American pop singer (The Four Aces) and composer († 2009)
• 1923 » Bill Doolittle, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1923 » Fred Ridgway, English cricketer and footballer († 2015)
• 1923 » Rhonda Fleming, American actress
• 1923 » SM Sultan, Bangladeshi painter and illustrator († 1994)
• 1924 » Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist († 1998)
• 1924 » Martha Hyer, American actress († 2014)
• 1924 » Nancy Buckingham, English author

• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1920 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (b. 1854)
• 1929 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)
• 1932 » Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (b. 1918)
• 1933 » Alf Morgans, Welsh-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1850)

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 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
• August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
• December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

The temperature on August 10, 1920 was between 11.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.