About the day » Thursday October 20, 1910Calender converter

• André Pierre JAUNET, Vendôme, 41269, 41100, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France († 1988)
• Adrianus van Gent, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Janna Flach, Ridderkerk († 1997)
• Adriana van HEMERT, Haaften (Gld.)
• Alexander Johannes Burgersdijk, Hilversum († 2006)
• Aaltje Ziel, Steenwijkerwold († 1945)
• alida maria tinga, amsterdam
• Adrianus Pieters, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1974)
• Aantje Elizabeth Bikker, Leerbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adele Maria Engstenberg, Wuppertal(Duitsland) († 1992)

• Artje van Acquoij (0), zaltbommel
• Carolus Amandus COOLS (60), Retie,2470,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antje Schouwman (87), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Hendrik KNAKE (70), Hummelo &, Keppel, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Gerardus Nuijten (52), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betje van Huussen (81), Nederhorst den Berg, Nederland
• Catharina Stekers (82), Warmond, Nederland
• Catharina Hoogenboom (58), Poortugaal
• Arie Faas (77), Rotterdam
• Aagje Groot (0), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1904 » Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist († 2006)
• 1904 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1986)
• 1907 » Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality († 2001)
• 1908 » Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host († 1989)
• 1909 » Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer († 2014)
• 1909 » Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter († 1993)
• 1910 » Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright († 2013)
• 1912 » Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
• 1914 » Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer († 2006)

• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
• April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
• June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
• July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
• July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
• October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on October 20, 1910 was between 6.8 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.