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• Anna Hendrika Bovenschen, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Anthonie van Kooten, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Anna Jantina Alida Evenhuis, Barneveld († 2004)
• Anthonius Jacobus van Velzen († 1991)
• Anje Maria VAN OOSTEN, Rottum († 2011)
• Anthonia de Mooij, Rijnsburg († 1925)
• Andries Sloterwijk, Emmer-Compascuum († 1991)
• Adrianus van Hooydonck, Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België († 1994)
• Adriana Jacoba Burgers, Kapel-Avezaath († 2017)
• Anthonia Adriana (Toos) Schouten, Alkemade († 1995)

• Antonia van Tubergen (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Margaretha Breuker (51), Haarlem
• Albertus Kamphuis (38), De Lutte
• Anna Kosten (73), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Addeke Boerma (67), Smilde 6
• Anna Kosten (72), Slijk-Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Addeke Boerma (67), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Rommen (59), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Koopman (4), Thesinge
• Andries Vos (56), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1917 » Ernest Borgnine, American actor († 2012)
• 1917 » Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church († 2012)
• 1918 » Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1918 » Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association († 2009)
• 1919 » Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1919 » Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator († 2009)
• 1920 » Jerry Maren, American actor († 2018)
• 1920 » Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist († 1980)
• 1922 » Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1922 » Neil Franklin, English footballer († 1996)

• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)

• 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.
• May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
• August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
• August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
• November 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.

The temperature on January 24, 1920 was between -0.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.