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• Anna Jantina Alida Evenhuis, Barneveld († 2004)
• Anje Maria VAN OOSTEN, Rottum († 2011)
• Andreas Johannes Keuzenkamp, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland († 1982)
• Antonie van Kooten, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Boerakker († 1920)
• Andries Sloterwijk, Emmer-Compascuum († 1991)
• Adrianus van Hooydonck, Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België († 1994)
• Adrianus VAN HOOYDONCK, Alphen († 1994)
• Verboom, Rotterdam († 1920)
• Anthonia Adriana Schouten († 1995)

• Bartha Veenendaal (76), Amerongen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Albert Brandenburg (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes PAPEN (77), Avest, gem. Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ammanda Kraayvanger (20), Greenfield, Milwaukee Wisconsin (USA)
• Boerakker (0), Ulft, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Breuker (51), Haarlem
• Anne Teunis Papa (22), Leeuwarden
• Antonius van der Steen (0), Rotterdam
• Anthonia Hendrika HARTZHEIM (19), Dordrecht
• Antonia van Vugt (71), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 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)

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.
• February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
• June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
• 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.
• 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 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
• November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

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.