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• Andre MESEURE, Roksem,8460,West Vlanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 2002)
• Evers, Bernardina Johanna, Nuth († 1997)
• Alphons Karel Constantinus Pernot, Grevenbicht († 1970)
• Anna Martha Philomena Valvekens, Rillaar, 3202, België († 2004)
• Augusta M A Hoes, Huisseling en Neerloon,Oss,Noord-Barbant,Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus Petrus Havermans, Gilze en Rijen († 1990)
• Adriana Catharina van den Corput, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna ( Ann ) Medema, Chicago Cook Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Annie Groenveld († 1998)
• Adriana L M Aanraad, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 1995)

• Antje Johannes Postma (80), Oudkerk
• Adriana Anna Catharina Jansen Eijken Sluijters (79), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Anna Gertrudis HENDRIKS (66), Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Paulussen (75), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adriaan Ingelse (72), Middelburg, ZL, Nederland
• Alkkine Lubben (5), Exloërmond (Odoorn)
• Antonius Schuurmans (80), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Anna Maria Geertruida Holla (60), Amsterdam
• Aarnout Laurentius Verduijn (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van de Minkelis (78), Giessendam, Nederland

• 1916 » Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer († 1997)
• 1917 » Kal Mann, American songwriter († 2001)
• 1918 » Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates († 2004)
• 1919 » André Guelfi, French race car driver († 2016)
• 1920 » Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji († 2004)
• 1920 » Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress († 2012)
• 1921 » Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator († 1988)
• 1922 » Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec († 1999)
• 1923 » Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2002)
• 1924 » Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor († 2014)

• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)

• 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 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
• March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
• July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
• November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The temperature on May 6, 1920 was between 7.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.