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• Aaltje Wilhelmina Hendrix, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1993)
• Adrianus van Hees († 1989)
• Alfons de Proft, Sint Gillis, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1968)
• Aaltje van Bijsteren, Harderwijk († 2002)
• Albertus Weggemans, Roswinkel, Emmen († 1920)
• Albert Louis Biermasz, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Aaltje van Bijsteren, Harderwijk († 2002)
• Adriana Sandrina van Ommeren, Lienden († 1949)
• Anna (Antje) Ruiter, Waarland († 2011)
• Aaltje Nicolai, Assen († 1920)

• Alfonso van Portugal (54), Napoli, Campania, Italy
• Anna Helena Hake (53)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Uijting (34), Driel
• Alice McCutche (44), Poplar, Londen, Engeland
• Alfonso BRAGANZA-VAN PORTUGAL (54), Napels, Campani√´
• Anna Maria Van Aert (50), Zundert, Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Adam Bolluijt (1), Dinteloord
• Afons Hendrik Maria Lodewijk Peter-van-Alcantara Karel Humberto Amadeus Ferdinand Anthonie Michael Raphael Gabriël Gonzaga Xavier Frans-van-Assisi Johan August Julius Valfando Inacio-de-Saboia van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry Hertog van Porto (54), Napels, Campanië
• "Afonso" Henrique Maria Luís Pedro de Alcântara Carlos Humberto Amadeu Fernando António Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis João Augusto Júlio Valfando Inácio de Portugal (54), Napoli, Italie
• Alberdina Johanna Mulder (75), Deventer

• 1915 » Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer († 1967)
• 1915 » Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) († 2017)
• 1915 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist († 1964)
• 1917 » Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer († 1996)
• 1917 » Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1921 » John Rawls, American philosopher and academic († 2002)
• 1921 » Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer († 2009)
• 1924 » Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst († 1980)
• 1924 » Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe († 2019)
• 1924 » Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer († 2014)

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
• January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
• January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
• September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.

The temperature on February 21, 1920 was between 4.5 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.