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• Anna Maria Vermeulen, Lisse († 1994)
• Adriana Jantzen, Jakarta, Indonesia († 2002)
• Leijten, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Barbant, Nederland († 1920)
• Antonia Elisabeth Maria Preseun, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Antonie Kerremans († 1998)
• Anna Marguérite Marie Thérèse Waultre, Bailleul Nord (Belle) (F) († 2004)
• Adrianus Franciscus Gerardus Maria van DULLEMEN, Tilburg († 1952)
• Ariën Frans Doeksen, Terschelling († 1986)
• Alberdina Goossen, Roderveld, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• (Stillborn) Eilander (Eijlander,Eylander), Heerde, Nederland († 1920)

• Dirk Lindeboom (65), 's-Heerenbroek, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldina Dorathea van Deijck (53), Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Adriaantje Kamp (74), Rotterdam
• Catharina Jacoba Christine Vas Visser (54), 's Gravenhage
• Cullen Chance (46), Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Dekker (48), Haarlem NH NL
• Cornelis Cornelisz de Beurs (79), Den Helder
• Dina de Visser (56), Cadzand
• EILANDER (0), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• adriana verkerk (62), rotterdam

• 1917 » Billy Conn, American boxer († 1993)
• 1917 » Walter Lord, American historian and author († 2002)
• 1918 » Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1919 » Jack McGrath, American race car driver († 1955)
• 1919 » Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan († 2007)
• 1920 » Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author († 1986)
• 1921 » Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist († 2010)
• 1922 » Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer († 2006)
• 1922 » Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager († 2007)

• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)

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.
• March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
• April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• November 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
• December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

The temperature on October 8, 1920 was between 9.0 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.