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• Clement-Andre-Jacques-Camille ADAM, Idegem, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgie († 2005)
• Aart Schuurman, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Anneliese Zwolle, Essen, Duitsland
• Ceci Pires Martins, Tapes, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 2015)
• Berendina Brinks, Weerdinge, Emmen († 2019)
• Anna Petronella van Gils, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Alida de Koster, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Arthur John Kleynenberg, Grand Rapids Township, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Bernadette Louise Marie MUHR, Imling, 57344, Moselle, Grand-Est, France († 2019)
• Arnold Weston Reynolds († 1978)

• Arie Stam (85), Nieuw-Lekkerland (ZH NL)
• Alva Anderson True (68), Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States
• Alexander Amandus De Meester (64), Izegem,8870,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Alberta Welsh (23), Pasco Franklin Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Bedijk (85), Rotterdam
• Aabraham Mosk (33), Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus Jacobus van Huijkelom (23), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Michiels (59), Netersel
• Antonie Kuijpers (56), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna, Gräfin von Ballestrem (90), Jeltsch

• 1918 » Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher († 2015)
• 1918 » Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier († 1999)
• 1919 » James S. Ackerman, American historian and academic († 2016)
• 1920 » Esther Rolle, American actress († 1998)
• 1920 » Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal († 2012)
• 1920 » Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)
• 1921 » Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic († 2012)
• 1922 » Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster († 1996)
• 1922 » Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic († 2001)
• 1922 » Thea D. Hodge, American computer scientist and academic († 2008)

• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)

• 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 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
• July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio

The temperature on November 8, 1920 was between -2.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.