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• Alice Newman, Pembroke, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Casimirus Josephus Clementius Nevelsteen, Geel 2440, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1920)
• Bertha Josephina Manders, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 2010)
• Alice May Lee, Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa († 1990)
• Aaltje Vos, Leeuwarden, Netherlands († 2018)
• Auguste Alphonse Désiré Dewaele, Roubaix, France († 1989)
• Abraham Geensen, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)
• Boy THEUNISSEN, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1920)
• Antonius Timmers, Bennebroek († 1920)
• Anna Maria Ooms, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)

• Adriana Groot (64), Zaandam, NH Nederland
• Aagje Andries Gouda (89), EaZ
• Adrianus de Jongh (0), Tiel
• Adrianus Cornelis Hoogduijn (63), Den Haag
• Kornelia Moerdijk (79), Kattendijke
• Agniete Jans Jaarsma (63), Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria SLIJKERMAN (14), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adamina Barendrecht (84), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Bosman (1), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Pauw (69), Edam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1917 » Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat († 2006)
• 1917 » Jane Wyman, American actress († 2007)
• 1917 » Wieland Wagner, German director and producer († 1966)
• 1919 » Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician († 2012)
• 1919 » Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player († 1992)
• 1920 » Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1921 » Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright († 1990)
• 1921 » Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgish soldier and aristocrat († 2019)
• 1921 » John H. Reed, American politician and diplomat, 67th Governor of Maine († 2012)
• 1922 » Anthony Synnot, Australian admiral († 2001)

• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)

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 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
• May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
• December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

The temperature on January 5, 1920 was between -3.0 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.