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• Anna van Velzen, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1953)
• Anne van der Tuin, Opende, Groningen, Netherlands († 1995)
• Anny van de Hil († 1998)
• Alvin Otto Lynch, Illinois († 2007)
• Annigje Rolleman, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1920)
• Adrianus (Ad) Schellings, Dongen, Nederland († 1974)
• Anna Springer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Martinus Johannes Schellings, Dongen († 1974)
• Aafje Hart, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Ans Anders († 1987)

• Adriana Elisabeth Hartman (64), Den Haag
• Clara Martina Maria Hubertina Maquiné (24), Blerick, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Adriaanse (57), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• Anna Catharina Smeets (63), Urmond
• Abraham Robert Arntzenius (70), Den Haag
• Aalbert Hooijer (62), Baarn
• Aanna Maria Soetekouw (75), Dreumel
• Annigje Gol (74), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonie Damen (29), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Leonardus van Noort (56), Rotterdam

• 1917 » Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer († 1989)
• 1917 » Irving Penn, American photographer († 2009)
• 1917 » Katharine Graham, American publisher († 2001)
• 1917 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1999)
• 1920 » Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director
• 1920 » Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author († 2002)
• 1920 » José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico († 2004)
• 1920 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic († 2002)
• 1922 » Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach († 2011)
• 1923 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver († 1962)

• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)

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. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
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 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
• June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
• 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 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
• November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

The temperature on June 16, 1920 was between 11.7 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.