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• Christina Maria Johanna (Stien) van der Horst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Aukje Gerardusdr. van der Pels, Watergraafsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Berendina Bakker, Harderwijk († 2003)
• Barendina Pieternella Bot († 2000)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Schiks, Puiflijk († 1990)
• Adrianus Antonius van Delft, Leidschendam († 1997)
• Andries VAN GIJSSEL († 1976)
• Clara Susanna van Beek, Nijmegen († 1972)
• Benedictus Josephus Corijnen, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen († 1995)
• Albert Houwer, Diever († 2006)

• Anna Cornelia Hellemons (3), Hoeven
• Annie Ritchie (58), Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, Québec, Canada
• Anna Maria Josephina Gerardu (18), Maastricht
• Albert Bakker (77), Anna Paulowna
• Alida Maria van Lierop (73), Bennebroek-Noord-Holland-Nederland
• Adriaan Brouwers (66), Goirle
• Anna HELLEMONS (9), Hoeven (Nb, Nl)
• Anna, Maria, Josephina Gerardu (18), Maastricht,Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Verhulst (58), Tilburg
• Anna Cornelia Hellemons (3), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1918 » Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress († 1985)
• 1918 » Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist († 1963)
• 1918 » Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic († 2015)
• 1919 » Georgia Gibbs, American singer († 2006)
• 1920 » Lida Moser, American photographer and author († 2014)
• 1920 » Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1921 » Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic († 1994)
• 1922 » Roy Tattersall, English cricketer († 2011)
• 1923 » Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist († 2019)
• 1923 » Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor († 2002)

• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)

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.
• February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
• March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
• April 25 » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
• May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
• August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio

The temperature on August 17, 1920 was between 7.6 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.