About the day » Wednesday September 20, 1916Calender converter

• Albertien Prins, Nieuweroord, Westerbork († 1918)
• Berendina Helena Fontain, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Arieaantje Konings, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Antonia Damiana LOBENSTEIJN, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Amelia Frisart, Lonneker († 2000)
• Carter, Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Adriana Johanna Maria van Kester, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Annetje Koffeman, Urk († 1999)
• Anna Petronella Kennekens, Loon op Zand († 1996)
• Breas, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1916)

• Breas (0), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ada VANDEBERG (13)
• Arij GEELHOED (84), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Hees (79), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha van Bemmelen (52), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Janssen (83), Hengelo (Bronkhorst)
• Aafje Kort (73), Sijbekarspel
• August Landwehr (74), Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Biewenga (76), Godlinze (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Anna Cornelia Speekman (69), Haarlemmermeer

• 1913 » Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and academic († 2001)
• 1914 » Kenneth More, English actor († 1982)
• 1915 » Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan († 2003)
• 1917 » Clarice Taylor, American actress († 2011)
• 1917 » Fernando Rey, Spanish actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer († 1996)
• 1917 » Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist († 2009)
• 1917 » Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach († 2006)
• 1918 » Horace Gould, English race car driver († 1968)
• 1920 » Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions († 1989)

• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
• 1927 » George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
• November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

The temperature on September 20, 1916 was between 3.5 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.