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• Adriaan van de Linde († 2001)
• Aaltje Brandsema, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1939)
• Adriana Reep, Zeist († 2003)
• Besselink, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalt Guliker, Nijkerk († 1983)
• Alden Frank Jung, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota († 1993)
• Aaltje Hazenberg, Goutum († 2003)
• Alfonsus BUSKEN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Adriana van Wijk, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Aloijsius Antonius Maria Holdrinet, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)

• Anna Catharina Doodeman (0), Barsingerhorn
• Albertje Meijer (68), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Agatha Theodora Kruijshaar (1), Montfoort, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Lambrechts Amelia Maria (38), Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana Legemate (57), Renesse (ZLD)
• Amelia Maria Lambrechts (38), Hoogstraten
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• Adriaan Baas (2), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland
• Anna Cornelia Musters (74), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Doornewaard (35), Oldebroek

• 1916 » Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator († 2005)
• 1916 » Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1917 » Lou Harrison, American composer and critic († 2003)
• 1917 » Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor († 1987)
• 1919 » John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist († 2002)
• 1919 » Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician († 2001)
• 1921 » Richard Deacon, American actor († 1984)
• 1922 » Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia († 1999)
• 1923 » Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2019)
• 1923 » Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)

• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)

• 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 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
• March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• 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.
• August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• 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.

The temperature on May 14, 1920 was between 4.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.