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• Adrianus Henricus de Vries, Tilburg (Broekhoven) († 1920)
• Anthonie Cornelis Trommel, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Aart Ligthart, Vlaardingen († 2002)
• Antje Wilhelmina Verhagen, Alphen aan de Rijn († 2012)
• Anna Jacoba Kleinhof († 2006)
• Aart Johannes Ligthart, Vlaardingen († 2002)
• Abel van Achteren, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 2007)
• Andreas Leonardus Johannes GOMMANS, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1944)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Gorp, Bladel en Netersel († 2000)
• Albert Brinks, Weerdinge Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2007)

• Christiane Friederike MARTIN (81), Crimmitschau-Sachsen (D)
• Cleressa Mitchell (80), Rocky Springs, Montgomery, North Carolina
• Adolf Christiaan Frederik Driesen, Zutphen
• Adrianus van Vliet
• Brons (0), Hoogeveen
• Cornelis Augustinus Alphonsus Maria KUENEN, 's Hertogenbosch, 5200, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Annesdr Walinga (83), Gaasterland
• "Max" Rudolf Karl Dietrich Anna de Croy (56), Slabetz, Tchéquie
• Alexandrina Ostermann (ex Gerritsen) (44), 's Gravenhage
• Cornelis Augustinus Alphonsus Maria Kuenen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1917 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice († 1967)
• 1917 » Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist († 2000)
• 1918 » Alexandra Boyko, Russian tank commander († 1996)
• 1918 » Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1919 » George Gobel, American comedian († 1991)
• 1920 » John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient
• 1921 » Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout († 1998)
• 1921 » Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician († 1995)
• 1921 » Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright († 1947)
• 1922 » Ted Hinton, Northern Irish international footballer († 1988)

• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)

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 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
• January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
• January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• 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 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

The temperature on May 20, 1920 was between 6.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.