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• Abraham Heinen, Aalten († 1993)
• Adriaantje Willemse, Amerongen
• Arie Brouwer, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Adrianus van Poppel, Etten-Leur, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Baukje Akkerman, Tijnje-gemeente Opsterland († 1991)
• Catharina Johanna Cornelia Rommens, Hoeven († 2009)
• Abraham Willem Wijling, Leiden († 1990)
• Abraham Daalder, Alkmaar NH NL († 1945)
• Ben Meijer, Herwen, Nederland († 1992)
• Aartje Frederiksen, Putten († 1989)

• Anna Maria Ruhland (75), Huisduinen (gem. den Helder, NH)
• Aafje Groot (1), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Houdijk (66), Leiden
• Antje Postma (80), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Slaets (Slaats) (78), Tilburg
• Anna Slaets (78), Tilburg
• Aalbert Schouten (67), Putten
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Damen (64), Apeldoorn
• Anna Goldhoorn (76), Beerta gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Emmett (0), Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States

• 1917 » David Tomlinson, English actor († 2000)
• 1917 » Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer († 2013)
• 1917 » Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant († 2020)
• 1919 » Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina († 1952)
• 1920 » Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor († 1985)
• 1921 » Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic († 2016)
• 1921 » Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author († 1985)
• 1922 » Darren McGavin, American actor and director († 2006)
• 1922 » Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist († 2007)
• 1923 » Anne Baxter, American actress († 1985)

• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)

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 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
• February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
• November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

The temperature on May 7, 1920 was between 6.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.