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• Adrianus Jozef Duurland, Blaricum († 1980)
• Adriaan van der Meulen, Gantung († 1991)
• Aeltsje Bergsma († 2009)
• Bernardus Arnoldus Hunting, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 1920)
• Aleida Anna Alie Weda, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2004)
• Agatha Pot, Utrecht, Holland († 1990)
• Albert Gerard van Schubert, Zwolle († 1992)
• Antonius Antoon Jacobs, Wageningen († 1996)
• Antonia Maria Hendriks, Reek (Noord Brabant) NL († 1986)
• Beverly Romein, OGDEN (Weber), Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2008)

• Hofkens Joannes (78), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Aafke Sjoerds Algera (78), Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus Notenboom (62), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes de Klerk (80), Leiden
• Anna Maria Frusch (80), Schinnen
• Alida Driesen van Ommen (84), Kampen
• Anna Geertruida Wilhelmina Draaijer (0), Utrecht
• Aafke Sjoerds Algera (78), Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Verhoeven (38), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana Alida le Large (0), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland

• 1916 » Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician († 2006)
• 1917 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic († 1952)
• 1918 » Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2007)
• 1920 » James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier († 2005)
• 1920 » Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant († 1994)
• 1920 » Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator († 2011)
• 1921 » Diana Barrymore, American actress († 1960)
• 1922 » Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2002)
• 1923 » Barney Martin, American police officer and actor († 2005)
• 1923 » Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician († 2012)

• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)

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 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
• February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
• 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 March 3, 1920 was between -1.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.