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• Alie Rijke, Uitgeest († 2018)
• Alida M. Rijke, Uitgeest († 2018)
• Albertus Gerardus Hermanus Heerland, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands († 1992)
• Albert Huizing, Eindhoven Noord-Brabant Nederland († 1981)
• Alvin Joseph Jellema, Grand Prairie Township, Nobles, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Alida Petronella Gresnigt, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)
• Alida Rijke, Uitgeest († 2018)
• André LELEU, Limoges (FRA) († 2000)
• Anna van der Reijden, Leiden († 1920)
• Alice Gutscoven, Sint-Truiden, België († 2016)

• Anna Maria van Os (73), Wassenaar
• Aalbert Zeegers (94), Ede
• Annigje van Genderen (85), Leerbroek, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Eeten (66), Waalwijk
• Afke Hobbema (74), Menaldum
• Afke Klazes HOBBEMA (74), Menaldum, FR. NL
• Aaltje Ruiter (10), Achterbuurt (Steenwijkerwold)
• Abraham Schraders (75), Hilversum
• Aalbert Seger (95), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Segers (96), Ede

• 1916 » Dinah Shore, American singer and actress († 1994)
• 1916 » James B. Donovan, American lawyer († 1970)
• 1916 » Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. († 1999)
• 1920 » Arthur Franz, American actor († 2006)
• 1920 » Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic († 1983)
• 1920 » Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic († 1991)
• 1920 » James Mitchell, American actor and dancer († 2010)
• 1920 » Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1920 » Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician († 2011)
• 1924 » David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand († 2001)

• 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
• 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
• 1940 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
• 1952 » Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)

• 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 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
• February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
• April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
• April 25 » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The temperature on February 29, 1920 was between 2.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.