About the day » Thursday January 8, 1920Calender converter

• Antje de Korte, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Dijkstra, Oldeboorn († 2010)
• Albertina Kortenhorst, Vught,Gemeente Vught,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1930)
• Kuipers, Rotterdam
• Ben Koens, Rushmore, Nobles County, Iowa († 2003)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Beek, Delft († 2002)
• Arnold R RAPP, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Anton Josef Frans Tomala, Pematang Siantar
• "Maria" Catharina BEELEN, Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland († 1988)
• , Vlagtwedde Gr Neth († 1998)

• Adam Lefever Coulter (72), unbekannt
• Abraham Martens van der Veen (59), Hoornsterzwaag, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrina VAN DE POEL (0), Arnhem
• Abraham van der Veen (59), Schoterland, Hoornsterzwaag
• Antoinetta de Bruin (65), Schiedam
• Anna Hendrina VANÊDEÊPOEL (0), Arnhem
• Aagje Scholman (72), Haarzuilens, Nederland
• Agneta Maria Kords (85), Kirchdorf (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel
• Adriana Noorlander (65), Wijngaarden
• Aaltjen Azink (64), Gorssel

• 1915 » Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1917 » Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1994)
• 1922 » Dale D. Myers, American engineer († 2015)
• 1923 » Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor († 2011)
• 1923 » Johnny Wardle, English cricketer († 1985)
• 1923 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author († 2008)
• 1923 » Larry Storch, American actor and comedian
• 1924 » Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer († 2010)
• 1924 » Ron Moody, English actor and singer († 2015)
• 1925 » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright († 1972)

• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)

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 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
• August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• November 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.

The temperature on January 8, 1920 was between -0.8 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.