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• Arie van Es, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2008)
• Aartje Bronkhorst, Uddel (Apeldoorn) († 1994)
• Alphonse Louis Emile Nollet, Bousbecque, 59 (F) († 2001)
• Anésia Antunes, Espinosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1989)
• "Joseph" Marie Just de La Cropte de Chantérac, Gossenheim, Allemagne († 2010)
• Antonia Baeten, Zonhoven († 2002)
• Antje Cnossen, Boekum, Duitsland († 1921)
• Arthur Ralph Summers, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania († 1972)
• Allegonda Barbara BEKS, Helmond (NL/NB) († 2019)
• Annigje Cornelia Oost, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Annemietje van den Berg (76), IJsselmonde
• Anna Catharina Mets (77), Lier
• Berthe Sidonie Duforeau (30), Tourcoing, 59 (F)
• Adrianus Broeders (2), Gilze en Rijen
• Boelo BIEL (0), Musselkanaal, Onstwedde
• Anna Maria Smeelen (44), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia de Vries (41), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Frauenfelder (60), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kaanen (59), Veldhoven
• Anna Maria Smeelen (44), Alkemade

• 1916 » Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1919 » I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India († 2012)
• 1920 » Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG († 2013)
• 1920 » Michael Bates, English actor († 1978)
• 1920 » Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect († 2013)
• 1921 » Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer († 2013)
• 1923 » Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier († 2014)
• 1923 » Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach († 2012)
• 1923 » John Krish, English director and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1924 » John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square († 2017)

• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)

• 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.
• March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
• May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
• October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
• December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

The temperature on December 4, 1920 was between 4.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.