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• Antonius Maria ("TON") Beukers, Schiedam, The Netherlands († 2006)
• Anna Louisa Vermoet, Sas van Gent, Nederland († 2010)
• Antonie Johannes de Rooij, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Antonius Leonardus Manders H09AE, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2004)
• Anna Petronella Christina Kesselmans, Maasbree († 2010)
• Anna van der Roest, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1922)
• Anna Petronella Christina Kesselmans, Blerick, NL († 2010)
• Alfred Kowalski, Tuchola († 1993)
• Boeren, Den Haag († 2013)
• André Vandekerckhove, Davidson (Canada) († 1991)

• Adriaantje Korteweg (75), Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Lodewijk Schatborn (81), Rotterdam
• de Kubber, Terneuzen Nederland
• Ann Tilda "Tilley" Stalvey (67), Horry County,South Carolina
• Gerrit van 't Kruijs (43), Noord Eschmarke (Lonneker)
• Anthonius Pot (70), Maartensdijk
• Alida Petronella van Dijk (1918), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Jansd Vos (71), Buiksloot
• Alberta van den Heuvel (4), Schijndel
• Albert WIJMA (78), Apeldoorn Gelderland Netherlands

• 1913 » Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1913 » Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach († 2006)
• 1913 » Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1916 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1916 » Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic († 2008)
• 1917 » Ossie Davis, American actor and activist († 2005)
• 1920 » Robert Leckie, American soldier and author († 2001)
• 1922 » Esther Lederberg, American microbiologist († 2006)
• 1922 » Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1923 » Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London († 2019)

• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)

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 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
• March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
• June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
• August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
• August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

The temperature on December 18, 1920 was between -0.5 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.