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• Aaltje Vrieling, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Bernardus Fit, Enkhuizen († 2006)
• Berendina Maria Blikman, Leesten (Warnsveld) († 2008)
• "Charles" Jacques Jean Nicolas Sélim Cretté de Palluel, Bourges, Cher, France († 2009)
• Andries Jan Hendriks, Groningen († 2012)
• Azuweres Heeres, Enkhuizen († 1983)
• Berend Sanders, Heerde (Wapenveld), Nederland († 1995)
• Aart Oudbier, Dieren, gem. Rheden († 1977)
• Carel Heideveld, Groningen, The Netherlands († 2013)
• Arie van Duin, Bleiswijk († 1992)

• Adrianus Dedel (52), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Schmetz (76), Blerick
• Adamina Lindeboom (81), Kampen
• Antje Martens van Kammen (54), Zwaagwesteinde
• Antje Klaasdr Ruiter (88), Heiloo, North Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Veltink (84), Enschede
• Aaltje Nijburg (75), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Martens van Kammen (54), Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Plas (83), Rosmalen
• Abe Jans De Heer (84), Grouw Friesland Nederland

• 1916 » Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2015)
• 1917 » Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1917 » Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor († 1995)
• 1920 » Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha († 2014)
• 1921 » Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1922 » Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager († 1979)
• 1923 » Dick Shawn, American actor († 1987)
• 1923 » Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence († 2018)
• 1924 » Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba († 2015)
• 1925 » Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)

• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)

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 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

The temperature on December 1, 1920 was between 0.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.