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• Aleida Steintje Krist, Utrecht († 1987)
• Arie Cornelis Zuurmond, Den Helder († 2005)
• Anne-Marie Schwachhofer († 1989)
• Anita Flores, Agua Dulce († 2009)
• Angeline Ivonne Maria Pieters, Djokjakarta († 2015)
• Alina Melania Lenaerts, Velm, België († 1995)
• Alice Marie Newman ****, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Asjen Mensink, Oldebroek († 1948)
• Arend Kleis, Veendijk († 1926)
• Arthur Monroe Young, Orange, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2002)

• Bonifacius Ferdinand Dutour Geerling (87), 's-Gravenhage
• Antoon den Brok (75), Berghem
• Arendje holt (0), Norg
• van Wingerden, Made en Drimmelen
• Berend Jan Landewe (88), Usselo
• Camilus Govaert (64), Westdorpe, Nederland
• Antje Warring (0), Schoonoord Sleen Coevorden Drenthe Nederland
• adrianus Johannes TIMMERS (0), oss
• Alphonsus Clemens De Swaef (52), Heldergem
• Anthoon Uppelschoten (50), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1918 » Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece († 2017)
• 1918 » Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1991)
• 1919 » Anita O'Day, American singer († 2006)
• 1919 » Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator († 2012)
• 1919 » Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada († 2000)
• 1919 » Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician († 1996)
• 1920 » Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture († 1994)
• 1921 » Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic († 1972)
• 1921 » Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 2005)
• 1921 » Jesse Helms, American soldier, journalist, and politician († 2008)

• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1935 » Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)

• 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 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
• February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
• August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
• December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

The temperature on October 18, 1920 was between 0.7 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.