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• Albert Hendrik Boersma, Leeuwarden († 2004)
• Andreas Anthonius Nieuwesteeg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1991)
• Anna Maria Josephina Heefer, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• André Frans Gerard Aloys Defoort, Koekelare,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2014)
• Argyl Darleen Massinger, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Anton Cornelis van Arkel, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna van Dam, Kesteren († 2006)
• Adrianus Biscop, Oud Gastel († 2000)
• Arvilla Noyes Winchenbach, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Arendje Knijpstra, Dwingeloo († 2002)

• Cornelia Riemens (71), Zoutelande
• Agatha Cornelia Rietveld (0), Limmen
• Eduardus Haelvoet (54), Vinkt
• Anna Schoofs (71), Tilburg
• Albert Lacombe (65), L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
• Atte Hendriks Faber (86), Wijckel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Aa (80), de Werken (80 jaar)
• Albert+++++ WIJNEN, Someren(N-Br.)
• van der Hooven (Hoven) Johanna Petronella (86), Cromvoirt
• Christiaan Langenberg (84), Bergen op Zoom

• 1915 » T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet († 2009)
• 1916 » Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist († 2010)
• 1918 » Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author († 2012)
• 1918 » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer († 1998)
• 1919 » Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader († 1990)
• 1919 » Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor († 1942)
• 1922 » G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author († 1995)
• 1924 » André Emmerich, German-American art dealer († 2007)
• 1924 » Mal Whitfield, American athlete († 2015)
• 1924 » Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer († 2011)

• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)

• 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 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
• 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.
• 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.
• September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
• November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
• December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

The temperature on October 11, 1920 was between 5.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.