About the day » Wednesday October 20, 1920Calender converter

• Ariaan van ALTENA, Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Albertje Weener, Avereest († 2018)
• Ate Reint de Vries, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2019)
• Agatha Hendrika Duits, Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Nederland († 2006)
• Adriana van Tilburg, Steenbergen, N-Br, NL († 2010)
• Anna Zamoyska, Parijs († 1983)
• Andries van der Leer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hubertus de Goeij, Eindhoven († 1996)
• Bjarne FREITAG, Fiskerplassen under Jarlsberg i Sem, Vestfold, Norge († 1998)
• Alphanso Theophilus Cunningham, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica († 1999)

• Antonius Ignatius Cornelis van Spaendonck (52), Tilburg,Gemeente Tilburg,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Antje Berga (36)
• Andreas Christianus van Oers (0), Boxtel
• Anna Maria WERKER (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Vennik (45), Zaandam
• Aafje Oosterkamp (40), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alice May Rich (43), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
• Andries Luiendijk (83), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Berga (36), Noordwolde, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonia Hak (93), Geldermalsen

• 1918 » Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot († 2013)
• 1918 » Robert Lochner, American-German soldier and journalist († 2003)
• 1919 » Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic († 2008)
• 1920 » Fanny de Sivers, Estonian-French linguist and academic († 2011)
• 1920 » Nick Cardy, American illustrator († 2013)
• 1920 » Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal († 2010)
• 1921 » Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author († 2001)
• 1921 » Manny Ayulo, American race car driver († 1955)
• 1922 » Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer († 2012)
• 1922 » John Anderson, American actor († 1992)

• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)

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 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
• March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
• May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
• December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

The temperature on October 20, 1920 was between -2.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.