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• Anthonius Stephanus Vos, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Anna Theunisz, Maastricht († 2000)
• Albert (Albert) Evers, Nijmegen († 1990)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria Bubbert, Achthuizen, Gemeente Oostflakkee († 2004)
• Anna REVERS († 2001)
• Albertus Marinus Evers, Valburg, Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1990)
• Agnes Françoise (Agnes) Schreurs, Wintershoven, België († 2001)
• Arie van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriana Leonarda Maria van de Wier, Tilburg († 1991)
• Adrianus Marinus Koole († 2004)

• Adrianus Bierens (33), Zeelst
• Baauw (0), Willeskop (Montfoort), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bregetta Antonia Hemmen (74), Den Helder,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adalbert Rivé von Westen (78), Ora-Auer,Provincia di Bolzano,Trentino-Alto Adige,Italy
• Attje Fongers Kloosterman (79), sneek
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Hagenaars (11), Breda, N-Br, NL
• Bernard Meyer (40), Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Antonio de Souza Queiroz (76)
• Anna Helena (Johann Bernard Henrich Meyer) Heidotting (64), Hebelermeer
• Anna Mechteldis van Ophoven (81), Montfort

• 1917 » Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host († 1981)
• 1917 » Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet († 2007)
• 1919 » Donald Pleasence, English actor († 1995)
• 1921 » Bill Willis, American football player and coach († 2007)
• 1922 » Bil Keane, American soldier and cartoonist († 2011)
• 1922 » Jim Godbolt, English historian and journalist († 2013)
• 1922 » Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager († 1985)
• 1922 » José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver († 2013)
• 1923 » Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist († 2002)
• 1923 » Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and author († 1954)

• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)
• 1936 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)

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.
• May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
• 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.
• August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The temperature on October 5, 1920 was between 10.0 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.