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• Adrianus Franciscus Joannes Tuijtelaers, Tilburg († 2000)
• Anna Maria Verheij, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 2005)
• Anna Alting († 2015)
• Arlene Sabina Kettel, Wildrose, Williams, North Dakota, United States († 2011)
• Allen Gerald van Kooten, Long Island, Phillips Co., Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Antje van Bokhorst († 2004)
• Annie Walberg, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Adrianus Soeters, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1920)
• Anne Odelie Hoover († 2005)
• Adrianus Johannes Poot, De Lier († 2007)

• Antonia Verheul (19)
• Anna Cornelia van der HOOFT (86), Aardenburg
• Catharina Anna Rosina Meintser (64), Rotterdam
• Catharina Massop (72), Zevenaar
• Anna VEERMAN (68), Huizen (Noord Holland) (NL)
• adolf menzo (47), hoensbroek
• Aaltjen Klok (78), Harderwijk
• Alida Maria ELDERHORST (39), Rotterdam (Z-H)
• Adrianus Soeters (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Lüssing (91), Rhede

• 1917 » Augustine Harris, English bishop († 2007)
• 1918 » Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician († 2003)
• 1918 » Teresa Wright, American actress and singer († 2005)
• 1920 » K. R. Narayanan, Indian lawyer and politician, 10th President of India († 2005)
• 1920 » Nanette Fabray, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2018)
• 1921 » Warren Allen Smith, American journalist, author, and activist († 2017)
• 1922 » Michel Galabru, French actor and playwright († 2016)
• 1922 » Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer († 1998)
• 1922 » Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2014)
• 1922 » Ruby Dee, American actress and poet († 2014)

• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
• 1944 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)
• 1947 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916)

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.
• March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
• November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

The temperature on October 27, 1920 was between -3.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.