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• Adrianus Soontiens, Bladel († 1998)
• Carl Lee Lindsey Sr, Alcorn Co., Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Alida Wilhelmina (Ada) Makkelie, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Adriaan Lindhout, Bussum, Gooise Meren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1997)
• Bernardus Veerman, Arnhem, Nederland († 1916)
• Aloysius Johannes (Louis) de Jong, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Adrianus Theodorus Maria van Vugt († 1995)
• van Ewijk, Rhenen, Nederland († 1916)
• Arnold Robert KUYPER, Boyden, IA († 1985)
• Beite Groen, Groningen, Nederland († 1993)

• Abraham Vermond (88), Zoeterwoude
• Bernardina Eggenhuyzen - Eggenhuijzen, Eggenhuizen (73), Huissen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bernard Heinrich - Heinrich Wessels (26), Tverdyni, Volodymyr Raion, Volyn, Uraine
• Baukje Gooitzen de Klein (64), Appelscha
• Alfons Maria Karel van Ludwigstorff Vrijheer van Goldlamb (41), Guntersdorf, Niederösterreich
• Alice Smith, aged 68 years, Singleton, NSW, AU
• Asbury Nelson Neighbours (56), Indian Gap, Hamilton County, Texas, United States of America
• Bernardina Eggenhuizen (73), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Baukje Klein (64), Appelscha, Netherlands
• Asa Monroe Cline (64)

• 1912 » Anthony Buckeridge, English author († 2004)
• 1914 » Gordon Juckes, Canadian ice hockey player († 1994)
• 1914 » Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Turkish archaeologist and academic
• 1915 » Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach († 2002)
• 1915 » Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1916 » Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec († 1973)
• 1916 » T. Texas Tyler, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1917 » Helena Rasiowa, Austrian-Polish mathematician and academic († 1994)
• 1918 » George Lynch, American race car driver († 1997)
• 1918 » Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian-American author († 2011)

• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

• 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 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
• May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
• October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.

The temperature on June 20, 1916 was between 5.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.