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• Bartholomeus Broekhof, Noordwijkerhout († 1988)
• * Maria Hesselina Diena Vermeulen, Schiedam († 2009)
• Aaltje Sellis, Wapenveld (Heerde) († 2005)
• Adrianus Brands, Berghem († 1922)
• Adriana Margaretha Verbist, Geneng, Java, Indonesia († 2006)
• Antony Alfred LYTTELTON († 1980)
• Adrianus Laurentius"Ad" van Deutekom, Tilburg († 1984)
• Antonetta Maria (Nettie) Dankers, Tilburg († 1992)
• Anna Margaretha Wilhelmus, Maastricht, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna Muijzelaar, Loon op Zand († 2004)

• Antje Jassies (34), Achterbuurt (Steenwijkerwold)
• Bartholomeus Johannes Floris (57), Geertruidenberg
• Bartholomeus Johannes Floris (56), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André Félix Follman (29), Paris, 75008, France
• Antje Jassies (34), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alberdina Holtman (51), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Lievense (77), Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Barelomeus Johannes Floris (57), Geertruidenberg
• Adriaantje Thijses Schuiling (63), St. Annaparochie
• Antonetta Willems (77), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1918 » Augusta Dabney, American actress († 2008)
• 1918 » James Daly, American actor († 1978)
• 1918 » Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre († 1997)
• 1919 » Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic († 1992)
• 1920 » Bob Montana, American illustrator († 1975)
• 1920 » Gianni Rodari, Italian writer († 1980)
• 1920 » Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic († 1998)
• 1920 » Vern Stephens, American baseball player († 1968)
• 1922 » Coleen Gray, American actress († 2015)
• 1922 » Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, English politician († 2018)

• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
• February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
• March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

The temperature on October 23, 1920 was between -4.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.