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• Arjen Borger, Franeker († 2015)
• Aleida Hendrika van Gijtenbeek, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Anna Geertruida Krajenbrink, Gendringen, Breedenbroek († 2005)
• Albertus Hermannus Hendrikus Blaauwgeers, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1920)
• Antje Scholtina BOELS, Vlagtwedde Groningen Netherlands († 1990)
• Anna Beentjes, Heemskerk, North Holland, The Netherlands († 2007)
• Aaltje Bril, Oud Lutten († 1991)
• Aukje Lemstra, Lutkewierum, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Bronno Frederikus Jansonius, Appingedam († 1960)
• Aaldrik Jan Nieboer, Westerlee, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)

• Antje van der Marel (94), 's-Gravenzande
• Adriaantje Ophof (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana OPHOF (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Sinneker (78), Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Aalberdina Jozina Goorman (73), Rotterdam
• Alijda van den Bosch (38), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• adriana ophof (73), charlois
• Alida Maria MEINDERS (46), The Hague (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands)
• Alexander Wilhelm Koot (83), Soerabaja, Kota Surabaya, Oost Java, Indonesië
• Aalberdina Jozina Goorman (73)

• 1918 » Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist († 2008)
• 1918 » Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1919 » Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager († 1996)
• 1919 » Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host († 1962)
• 1919 » Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress († 2011)
• 1919 » Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver († 2013)
• 1920 » Gottfried Böhm, German architect
• 1920 » Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner († 2000)
• 1920 » Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee († 2010)
• 1922 » Leon Golub, American painter and academic († 2004)

• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (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 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
• February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
• 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.
• November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

The temperature on January 23, 1920 was between 0.9 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.