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• Adriana van Roon, Vlaardingen († 2005)
• Bregtje Alberts, Tolbert († 2005)
• Aaltje van der Kooij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Anna Elisabeth Stroo († 2003)
• Bartus Bernard Schutter, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2006)
• Christina Sofia Wilhelmina Eulderink, nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel (zuid holland († 1993)
• Benjamin Carl Hekhuis, Fremont (Michigan, USA) († 2001)
• Aafje Anker († 1972)
• Agatha Margaretha van der Hout († 2014)
• Adriana Catharina Vink, Sliedrecht († 2018)

• Anna Dijkxhoorn (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelia den Besten (16), Gorinchem (NL)
• Catharina Victoria Moortgat (77), Liezele, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Dijkshoorn (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelia den Braber (89), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arc�ne Augustin Joseph Bult� (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan de ZEEUW (25), Terneuzen
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Hoenen (79), Maastricht
• Adrianus Oorschot (59), Voorburg
• Antonius Penninx (30), Gemert, Nederland

• 1916 » Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic († 2000)
• 1916 » Paul Emery, English race car driver († 1993)
• 1917 » Jo Stafford, American singer († 2008)
• 1919 » France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1920 » Richard Quine, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1922 » Kim Hunter, American actress († 2002)
• 1922 » Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist († 1951)
• 1923 » Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer († 2017)
• 1923 » Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar († 2013)
• 1924 » Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer († 1981)

• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)

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.
• March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
• August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.

The temperature on November 12, 1920 was between 2.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.