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• Aaltje Schuilenga, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Carol Elizabeth Plankell, Wapakoneta, Auglaize Co.Ohio († 2010)
• Bernardus Henderikus Vocks, Barger-Oosterveld, Nederland († 2000)
• Aaltje Schuilinga, Surhuisterveen († 1994)
• Catharina Delbressine, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Cornelis Stephanus Adrianus van Eyck, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1921)
• Bessie Ivy Lois Link *, Hollingbourn, Surrey († 2006)
• Aafje Butterman, Andijk, Nederland († 2000)
• Bernardus Hendrikus Vocks, Barger-Oosterveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)
• Adriana Hendrina Bavelaar, Leiden († 1995)

• Catharina Maas (60), Beek en Donk
• Antoon Willemen (74)
• Aaffien Musch (47), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Vergouwen (68), Dinteloord
• Albert Huijgens (61), Avereest
• Carolus Ludovicus VAN CRAEYNEST (80), Wijnegem, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Apollonia Wilhelmina Heering (46), Wageningen
• Anna Maria van Ostaijen (88), Wouw
• Berend Schilder (73), Herxen (Gem.Wijhe)
• Anna Maria de Weert (67), Halsteren

• 1915 » Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan († 2016)
• 1916 » Howard Finster, American minister and painter († 2001)
• 1917 » Sylvia Syms, American singer († 1992)
• 1921 » Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal († 2015)
• 1922 » Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1923 » Maria Callas, American-Greek soprano and actress († 1977)
• 1924 » Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State († 2010)
• 1924 » Else Marie Pade, Danish composer († 2016)
• 1924 » Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor († 2012)
• 1924 » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2006)

• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)

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 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
• January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
• July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
• July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
• August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio

The temperature on December 2, 1920 was between -1.3 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.