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• Aukje Buiring, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Alphonsia Maria Schmidt, Hees, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1923)
• Aloys Pauwels, Temse († 1992)
• Anna Maria Leonarda van GURP, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Albert Martinus Lubbers, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1986)
• van Iersel, Udenhout
• Adolphe Adriaan Kiepe, 's-Gravenhage († 1984)
• Anne Marie Raphael Georgette Josephine Vanderbruggen, Brussel BE († 2010)
• Adriana Anna Vervaart, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• * Auke Buiring, Kantens († 2016)

• Anna Cornelia Castelijns (52), Hapert
• Anna Cornelia Casteleijns (52), Hapert (Noord-Braband)
• Prins (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Arie Schotvanger (70), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Doodhagen (48), Avereest
• Aaltje Pureveen
• Adriana de Jong (82), Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antoon Derksen (66), Ottersum/Milsbeek
• Alida Jacoba Zonneveld (27), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Esselink (76)

• 1917 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist († 1977)
• 1918 » André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver († 1993)
• 1918 » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore († 2010)
• 1919 » Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president († 1995)
• 1919 » Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach († 1996)
• 1920 » John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge († 2005)
• 1921 » Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist († 1997)
• 1921 » Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist
• 1922 » Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1922 » Teala Loring, American actress († 2007)

• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
• November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The temperature on October 6, 1920 was between 10.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.