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• Annie ter Beek, Lonneker,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)
• Alida Maria van der Hek († 1999)
• Aaltje Mouw, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2006)
• Aaltje Mouw, Elspeet, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 2006)
• Albertus Bos, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Alvin Joseph Jellema, Ellsworth, Nobles, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• * Maria Catharina van Amelsfoort, Hilvarenbeek († 1995)
• Anna Kruizinga, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna van HEEL, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Adrianus Kannekens, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)

• Anna Elisabeth VOS (73), Rillaar Vlaams Brabant *
• Marinus Christianus Johannes Zijlmans (56), Raamsdonkveer
• Ann Horn (89), Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Adam Engelbertus Westgeest (41), Wassenaar
• Adrianus Schilder (6), Vlaardingen
• Aaltje Hendriks Rigter (71), Laren
• Anna Rolfes, Hermes (43), Emen, Haren (Ems)
• Aartje Windhouwer (1), Nijkerk
• Albertus Johannes Pol (79), Teuge,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Rigter (73), Laren

• 1916 » Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer
• 1918 » Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat († 2009)
• 1919 » James O'Meara, English soldier and pilot († 1974)
• 1920 » Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi († 2014)
• 1921 » Buddy Rogers, American wrestler († 1992)
• 1923 » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Guyana († 1985)
• 1923 » Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress († 2004)
• 1923 » Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon († 2014)
• 1924 » Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite († 2019)
• 1925 » Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter († 2006)

• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (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.
• 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 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
• May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.

The temperature on February 20, 1920 was between 1.9 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.