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• A.W.M. Wolkers († 1984)
• Arie Hobo († 2003)
• Archie Norman Hanson, Geneva, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States († 1983)
• Annie Elisabeth Koelink, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Bruce Gardiner Merivale-Austin († 2002)
• Antje Dubbelboer, Tange (Onstwedde) († 2004)
• Benjamin C Meyers, Yukon Territory († 2005)
• Bernard Lawrence Berger Sr, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1978)
• Albert Floyd McCardle, Marianna, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Adriana Johanna Ligtvoet, Oosterhout († 1999)

• Aaltje Aaij (17), Wijdewormer
• Albert Weultjes (77), Gorssel
• Franciscus Pepels (3), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Antoinetta Johanna Noordanus (48), Hilversum
• Driesje Nuijen (79), Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amenayde Bresser (11)
• Antonetta Wilhelmina Wikkerink (74), Phillips County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Doodgeboren zoon Adriaans (0), Eindhoven
• Antonetta (Nettie) Willemina Wikkerink (74), Prairie View, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Popko Sytsma (0), Gerkesklooster, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1916 » François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France († 1996)
• 1919 » Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General († 2015)
• 1919 » Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist († 2010)
• 1919 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran († 1980)
• 1919 » Princess Ashraf of Iran († 2016)
• 1920 » Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and academic († 2019)
• 1921 » Joe Fulks, American basketball player († 1976)
• 1922 » Fred Wood, English actor († 2003)
• 1922 » Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama († 2008)
• 1923 » Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic († 2016)

• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)

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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
• January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
• 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.
• November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

The temperature on October 26, 1920 was between -2.0 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.