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• Anna Catharina van der Valk, Poeldijk († 2015)
• Addie Ruth Ratliff, Sterling City, Sterling, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• André Zijlmans, Loon op Zand († 1980)
• Alberta Theadora (Betsy) Beijen, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• Abraham Wijnand Fournier, Velsen, NH, Nederland († 2003)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Alphonsus Flart, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• * Maria Wilhelmina Bertens, Berkel-Enschot († 1991)
• Alberta Theresia Beijen, Hengelo († 2024)
• Antje Jakobs, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen († 2019)
• Alfons Baudry († 1920)

• Aaltje Costerus (71), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Schouten van der Velden (64), Hilversum
• Albertus Jacobus Elhorst (74), Enschede
• Manus (67), Hengelo
• Albertus Elhorst (74), Enschede
• Alida van der Sande (63), Monster,-
• Amy Louisa Todd (70), Bromley, London, England
• Erens (0), Heerlen
• Alida van der Sande (63), Monster
• Adriaan van Oirschot, Alphen en Riel

• 1917 » Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects († 2013)
• 1919 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1972)
• 1920 » Bert Williams, English footballer († 2004)
• 1920 » Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior († 2010)
• 1921 » Carol Channing, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2019)
• 1921 » E. Fay Jones, American architect, designed the Thorncrown Chapel († 2004)
• 1921 » John Agar, American actor († 2002)
• 1921 » Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor († 1959)
• 1922 » Joanne Dru, American actress († 1996)
• 1923 » Norman Mailer, American journalist and author († 2007)

• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)

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 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.

The temperature on January 31, 1920 was between 1.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.