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• Alvin Joseph Jellema, Ellsworth, Nobles, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Anna Maria Catharina Meyer, Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa († 1961)
• Antoinette Thérèse WRZESINSKI, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France († 1990)
• Annie ter Beek, Lonneker,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)
• Alida Maria van der Hek († 1999)
• Anna Kruizinga, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes Vermeulen († 2008)
• Kamerman, Sprang († 1920)
• Amelia Julia Liekens, Mechelen, Antwerpen, België († 1998)
• Adrianus Kannekens, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)

• Alfred Webb Hamrick (83), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Adrianus Schilder (6), Vlaardingen
• Alida Henriette Frowein (69), Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Adriaensen (75), Beerse, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Alida Hendriks Rigter (73), Laren
• Adrianus Scheij (1), Hedikhuizen
• Trijntje Bouwsma (67), Warns
• Abraham Kramer (82), Amsterdam
• Agnes Josephs (64), Jamaica
• Anneke Boet (57)

• 1916 » Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer
• 1918 » Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat († 2009)
• 1919 » James O'Meara, English soldier and pilot († 1974)
• 1920 » Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi († 2014)
• 1921 » Buddy Rogers, American wrestler († 1992)
• 1923 » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Guyana († 1985)
• 1923 » Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress († 2004)
• 1923 » Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon († 2014)
• 1924 » Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite († 2019)
• 1925 » Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter († 2006)

• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (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.
• January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
• January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
• May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
• September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
• November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
• November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

The temperature on February 20, 1920 was between 1.9 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.