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• Borgny Sofie Mikalsen, Stormyrhals, Beiarn, Nordland, Norway († 1978)
• Cornelis Jan Kesteloo, Driebergen, Utrecht, NL († 1985)
• Anna Maria Johanna van Adrichem, Naaldwijk († 2009)
• Catharina Johanna Pijnenburg, Helden, Limburg, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna Maria Johanna ADRICHEM,VAN, Naaldwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Helena Bongers, Stevensweert, Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Cornelia Zeilstra († 2004)
• Andreas JohannEs Rooswinkel, 's-Gravenhage († 2001)
• Albert Post, Urk († 1986)
• Aafke Magrietha Ekema, Appingedam († 2012)

• - Molenkamp (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Goossens (0), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Jozefina Melenhorst (38)
• Abraham G. GRATER (85)
• ... Kolker (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Doll (1), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertje Popken (61), Odoorn
• Amy Alice Bridge (46), Canby, Clackamas, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Gelderblom (78), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Agatha Theodora Martha Ploos van Amstel (64)

• 1920 » Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist († 2012)
• 1920 » Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author († 2002)
• 1920 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot († 1944)
• 1921 » Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar († 2016)
• 1923 » Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar († 2016)
• 1923 » Ted Knight, American actor and comedian († 1986)
• 1924 » Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer († 2020)
• 1924 » John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver († 2005)
• 1924 » Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal († 2017)
• 1924 » Mary Ellen Estill. American mathematician († 2013)

• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)

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.
• February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
• May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• 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 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

The temperature on December 7, 1920 was between -1.8 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.