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• Alexander Palmer Haley, Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Catharina Johanna (Riny) Blaaser, amsterdam († 2009)
• Alida Antonetta Antonia Pijnenburg, Waalwijk († 2015)
• Aagje Roos, Wijdenes († 2014)
• Catharina Johanna BLAASER, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Antonius Franciscus BURKELS, Schiermonnikoog († 1999)
• Andre Sylvere CLINCKEMAILLIE, Corneville-sur-Risle,27500,Eure,Normandie,France († 1965)
• Catharina Johanna (Riny) NOOIJ, Amsterdam (Noord-Holland) († 2009)
• († 1977)
• Aaltje ter Maat, eibergen († 1928)

• Alphonse Léopold Rickier (35), Zelzate (BE)
• Andries Zwikker (60), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Angenietje Zuidgeest (14), Schiedam
• Aagje Lambertus de Jong (51), wassenaar
• Aagje de Jong (51), Wassenaar
• Anna Maria Verschuren (83), Haps N-Br.NL
• Anna Maria van Deursen (76), Rotterdam
• * Harrie van der Velden (27), Rotterdam
• Aldegonda Maria Agnes Houba (66), Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Abram Wagemans (70), Leiden, ZH, Nederland

• 1915 » Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator († 2014)
• 1916 » Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player († 1956)
• 1919 » Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager († 2017)
• 1920 » Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player († 2002)
• 1920 » Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host († 2006)
• 1921 » Alex Haley, American historian and author († 1992)
• 1922 » John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1923 » Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor († 2015)
• 1925 » Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer
• 1925 » Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2006)

• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (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.
• February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• 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.
• June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
• July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
• July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

The temperature on August 11, 1920 was between 12.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.