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• Albertus Weggemans, Roswinkel, Emmen († 1920)
• Alberta van Oostveen, amsterdam, Nederland († 2003)
• Adriana Sandrina van Ommeren, Lienden († 1949)
• Agnes Josephine Lievine Ghislaine DEVOS, Mouscron,7700,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 2004)
• Aaltje Nicolai, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1920)
• Alan Robertson († 1989)
• Anna Gezina Drenten, Radewijk († 2010)
• (2) Willy Krant, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2000)
• Buurman- († 1920)
• Adriana Sandrina van Ommeren, Heteren († 1949)

• Alberdina Johanna Mulder (75), Deventer
• Aagje KOOIJ (72), Puttershoek
• Buurman- (0)
• Adam Bolluijt (1), Dinteloord
• Age Tjallings van Balen (95), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jelles Braaksma (87)
• Alberdina Johanna Mulder (74), Deventer
• Alphonse de Portugal (54)
• Alfonso of Portugal (54), Napoli, Campania, Italy
• Alfons Heinrich Maria Ludwig Peter von Alcántara Karl Hubert Amadeus Ferdinand Anton Michael Raffael Gabriel Gonzaga Xaver Fran Portugal (54), Neapel, Campanien, Italien

• 1915 » Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer († 1967)
• 1915 » Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) († 2017)
• 1915 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist († 1964)
• 1917 » Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer († 1996)
• 1917 » Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1921 » John Rawls, American philosopher and academic († 2002)
• 1921 » Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer († 2009)
• 1924 » Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst († 1980)
• 1924 » Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe († 2019)
• 1924 » Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer († 2014)

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

• 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 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• 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 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
• May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.

The temperature on February 21, 1920 was between 4.5 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.