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• Anna Catharina (Annie) Wolbers, Horsten, Onstwedde († 2009)
• Antonius Andries (Ton) Hofstede, ,, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1995)
• Antonie Huibert Blokland, Nieuwer Amstel († 2015)
• André Doms, Montendre (Frankrijk) († 1985)
• Albert van den Broek, Soest († 1998)
• Arijdina Gödde, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Pieterina Tuinema, Siddeburen (Slochteren) († 2010)
• Anna Catharina Wolbers, Horsten († 2009)
• Antonia Willemina Kuijpers, Den Haag († 1922)
• Arnoldus Cornelis Johannes Bertrams, Eindhoven († 1998)

• Elisabeth Henrica van Oudheusden (0), Tilburg
• Dona Lou 'Donnie' Johns (25), Millen, Jenkins, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Clasina Bezemer (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VEENHUIS (0), Sloten Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Elizabeth Lascelles (81)
• Elisabeth Henrica van Oudheusden (0), Tilburg
• David E Swartz (80), Richwood, Union County, Ohio, United States of America
• Adrianus Van Beuningen (79), Alem, Maren en Kessel
• Antonia Benders (81), Beuningen
• Anna Johanne Mathilde KUHLMANN (38), Oldenburg, Duitsland

• 1918 » Audra Lindley, American actress († 1997)
• 1918 » Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model († 1997)
• 1920 » Jan Carew, Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright († 2012)
• 1920 » Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar († 2013)
• 1920 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1945)
• 1921 » Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist († 2008)
• 1921 » Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer († 2014)
• 1922 » Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1922 » Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer († 1967)
• 1922 » Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer († 1998)

• 1896 » Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
• 1930 » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)
• 1933 » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (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. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
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.
• February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
• 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.
• 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 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

The temperature on September 24, 1920 was between 8.8 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.