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• Bartel Geleijnse, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adriana van Neerbos, Dodewaard, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna de Dreu, goes, Nederland († 2001)
• Aleida Witteveen, Doornspijk († 1999)
• Aafje van der Hoek, 's Gravenhage
• Anthonia van Elderen, Tilburg, NB, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna van Kuijk, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Aaltjen Vos, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 2019)
• Anna Grada Maria (Antje) Klein Gebbink, Eefsele ( Groenlo) († 1997)
• Algot Ingemar Persson, Frostviken (Z) († 2009)

• Aart Juffer (43), Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aart Juffer (43), Sioux County, Iowa, VS
• Bernard Henri Schroven (78), Wageningen
• Antonius Lambertus Oremans (0), Vlijmen
• Adriana Johanna Paauwe (74), 's-Heer Abtskerke (Z)
• Arie Gameren, van (85), Hagestein
• Anna Susanna Janssen (31), Lathen, Emsland
• Annie Lijdia HOGENBOOM (0), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbertje Roelofsen (76), Kesteren
• Aleida-Maria van Hoorn (15), Nijmegen

• 1920 » Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter, soldier, and pilot († 2004)
• 1920 » Jacob Gilboa, Israeli composer († 2007)
• 1920 » Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor († 2004)
• 1920 » Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist († 2000)
• 1920 » Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian singer and sitar player († 1983)
• 1921 » B. B. Lal, Indian archaeologist
• 1921 » Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1922 » A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born American journalist and author († 2006)
• 1922 » Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director († 2007)
• 1922 » Serge Reggiani, Italian-born French singer and actor († 2004)

• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)

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.
• January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
• April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
• May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

The temperature on May 2, 1920 was between 9.6 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.