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• Antonia Voorhorst, Raalte († 2006)
• Antonius Petrus Ransdorp († 1999)
• Bernice Todd, Georgia, United States († 1986)
• Calvin Eliot Conk, Howell, Monmouth, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Catharina Teunise Kralt, Rijnsburg († 1970)
• Anna Maria Cathrien Knops, Vliermaal, België († 1992)
• Charles Albert Smith Goeking, Independence, Jackson, Missouri († 1989)
• Audley Montgomery ARCHDALE, Bannockburn Sterlingshire Scotland U.K († 2014)
• Argie Margaret Montoney, Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia († 2004)
• Catharina van der Torre, Rotterdam († 1999)

• Aafje VAN DIE (79), Oudkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bron (77), nieuw weerdinge
• Antonie van Gerwen (79), Stratum, Eindhoven,3547, Noord Brabant, NL
• Arnoldina Petronella van Deursen (0), Nuenen
• Antje Hendriks Bron (77), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Schilthuis (78), Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje Hendriks Bron (77), Nieuw-Weerdinge Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• Apolonia Elizabeth Happee (56), Rotterdam
• Anne Mariah McNamee (66), Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska
• Aaltje Schaft (70), Landsmeer

• 1917 » Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1985)
• 1919 » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist († 1984)
• 1921 » Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2017)
• 1921 » Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire († 1996)
• 1922 » George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1922 » Jean Darling, American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1922 » Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic († 2007)
• 1923 » Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist and programmer († 2003)
• 1924 » Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director († 2005)
• 1924 » Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)

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 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
• March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
• May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
• August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
• November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
• November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France

The temperature on August 23, 1920 was between 8.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 17.0 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.