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• An (Anna Maria) van der Steen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna Johanna Rinck, Hellum, Gem. Slochteren († 2006)
• Albertus Johannes Wassink, Zelhem († 1976)
• Alberta Westhof, Heerde († 1994)
• Nicolaas (Niek) van Rijn, 's-Gravenzande († 2003)
• Adrianus Maria Dirkx, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 1988)
• Andrée Baudry, Hasnon, 59178, France († 1922)
• Anne Ploeg, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Antje Hoogstra, Steenwijk († 1922)
• Anna Francisca Maria van Horn, Amsterdam († 1969)

• Eduardus Vergauwen (60), Sas van Gent
• Anna Geertruida KIEWIET DE JONGE (52), Winschoten Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Koning (90), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Henriette Ullmer (59), Soerabaja
• Christina Maria Kroeze (4), Colmschate, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Hazendonk (0), Westervoort
• Catherine Jeanne SCHNEIDER (87), Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Adrianus van Eck (57), Grave
• (1) Leentje Ooteman (50), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• "Marguerite" Marie Joséphine de Villeneuve (94), château de Bois-le-Roi, Griselles, Loiret, France

• 1916 » Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India († 1994)
• 1917 » Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1918 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest († 2005)
• 1919 » Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece († 1999)
• 1921 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1922 » Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian († 2003)
• 1923 » Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician († 2017)
• 1923 » James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director († 2016)
• 1923 » Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic († 2003)
• 1923 » William C. Campbell, American golfer († 2013)

• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (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 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 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
• February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
• February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
• September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
• October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.

The temperature on May 5, 1920 was between 0.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.