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• Anna Kristine (Nanna) Kristensen, Setså, Nordland, Norway († 1997)
• Betty Floyd Day * († 2012)
• Bronislawa JASKULA, Boleslawiec(Polen) († 1999)
• Berend Meilink († 2013)
• Alida Johanna van Loenen, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Antonius Michiel Notten, Nuenen († 2003)
• Adrianus van der Torre, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Albertus Foppes Klijnsma, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1922)
• Albert Doornbos, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 2019)
• Betje van Grondel, Rotterdam († 1991)

• Berend Pluim (44), Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Borghild Petterson (20), Østerkløft, Fauske
• Anthonius Schroeijers (63), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Verwoert (65), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ABRAHAM PRINS (51), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Berend MESSCHENDORP (46), Foxhol, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Paulina van Leeuwen (26), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Daniels (0), Nijmegen
• Aaltje Sophia Tannetje Kempff (13), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Kathmann (61), Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1918 » Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier († 1998)
• 1918 » Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2010)
• 1918 » Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1919 » Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor († 2006)
• 1919 » Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer († 2003)
• 1919 » Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author († 1987)
• 1920 » James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician († 2007)
• 1921 » Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author († 2017)
• 1921 » Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International († 2005)
• 1921 » Whitney Young, American activist († 1971)

• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)

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 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
• May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• 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.
• October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The temperature on July 31, 1920 was between 9.7 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.