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• Aafje Catherina (tante Aafje) van der Klugt, overveen († 1988)
• Albert Spanjersberg, Monster, Nederland († 1984)
• Abe Agema, Kollumerpomp, Friesland, Nederland († 1991)
• Arie Vonk († 1984)
• Arie VONK († 1984)
• Aida Raffaelli, Tripoli († 1965)
• Aukje de Haan, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Arne hildeman Aase, Norge († 1954)
• Agatha (Agaat) Koeman, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Adrianus van Linden, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1974)

• Adrianus Schulinck (84), Nijmegen
• Anthonius Galesloot (0), Utrecht
• Adolf Jan Booij (0), Den Haag
• DONNE MARIA-ELISABETH (42), MAASEIK
• Age Jager (27), Jubbega-Schurega, Schoterland
• Adrianus Petrus Maria van Berkel (0), Tilburg
• Anna Raidt (82), Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Stout (28), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Reitsma (39), Oppenhuizen
• Age Jager (27), Jubbega-Schurega Schoterland

• 1918 » Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2013)
• 1918 » Charles Read, Australian air marshal († 2014)
• 1918 » E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author († 2007)
• 1920 » Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1920 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator († 1976)
• 1920 » Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1921 » Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1921 » Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright († 2014)
• 1922 » Philip "Fyvush" Finkel, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic († 1997)

• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
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 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
• August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
• 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.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

The temperature on October 9, 1920 was between 8.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.