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• Anna Maria de Vries, Den Helder († 2008)
• Arien BOKJE, Uithuizen († 2004)
• Anthonia bakhuizen († 2002)
• Cecil Louis HOUSTON, Georgia, United States of America († 1994)
• Adriaan de BORST, Papendrecht († 1984)
• Adriana Jacoba Prins, Rijnsburg († 2003)
• Adelbert Moore, Woodbury (Gloucester), New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Adriana Arjana van Weelden, Herwijnen († 2005)
• Abraham Aart Gruppelaar, Rotterdam († 2002)
• BOUKJE OSSEWAARDE, .Leiden († 1988)

• Cornelis (Neal) Vandenberg (60), Armour, Douglas County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria van den Brink (84), Utrecht
• Anne Maria van Erven Dorens (55), Amsterdam
• Anthonie Jansen (25), Amersfoort
• Cornelis van den Berg (60), ARMOUR (Douglas), South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Antonie, Gräfin Droste zu Vischering zu Nesselrode-Reichenstein (74), Hinnenburg
• Boudewina Ebeli (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalf Nijborg (0), Noorddijk, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arnolda Johanna Van het Erve (71), Epe
• Adrianus Jan Baptist Maas (60), Tilburg

• 1915 » William Berenberg, American physician and academic († 2005)
• 1918 » Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1918 » Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author († 2020)
• 1920 » Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan († 2014)
• 1921 » Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist († 2003)
• 1922 » Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer († 2008)
• 1923 » Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright († 2015)
• 1923 » Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper († 2015)

• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1933 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)

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.
• February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
• February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
• June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
• September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
• December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

The temperature on October 29, 1920 was between -0.6 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.