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• Albert de Graaf, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1922)
• Alida Catharina de Keiser, Gouda († 2011)
• Aukje Henderika Stel († 2012)
• Albert André Roox, Rekem († 1920)
• Anna Cornelia Ton, Zaltbommel († 1990)
• Carlheinz Geerligs, Neuenhaus († 2015)
• Anna Hinzen, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1922)
• Anita Lenore RIBBENS, Sheboygan († 2014)
• Albert de Graaf, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1922)
• Adrianus Gerardus van der Ploeg, Noordwijkerhout († 1996)

• +Cornelis Petrus van der Lubbe (0), Geldrop
• Berdina Gertruda van Woerkom
• Anna Kemps (77), Boxtel
• Adrianus Frisart (73), Deventer
• Aalbertje Johanna Bikkel (80), Dodewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Gerhard Hesselink (1), Zutphen, Nederland
• Adriana van der Schans (44), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Anna de Groot (0), Zevenhoven
• Anna Mathilda Maria Lap (18), Rotterdam
• Adriana LANGEWEG (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1917 » Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot († 2000)
• 1919 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani linguist, scholar, and critic († 1978)
• 1919 » Myron Floren, American accordion player and pianist († 2005)
• 1920 » Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1920 » Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach († 2012)
• 1921 » Fawzia Fuad of Egypt († 2013)
• 1921 » Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1994)
• 1922 » Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia († 2008)
• 1922 » Violet Barclay, American illustrator († 2010)
• 1922 » Yitzchok Scheiner, American-Israeli rabbi

• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)

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 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
• August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
• 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.
• September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.

The temperature on November 5, 1920 was between -6.5 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.