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• Albert Waalkens, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 2007)
• Alphonse Kegels, Sint Jansteen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2002)
• Anna Maria Smal, Maastricht († 2006)
• Albert Waalkens, Finsterwolde († 2007)
• Anna Maria Krijnen, Alphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Anna Maria SMAL, Maastricht,,PAYS BAS († 2006)
• Albert Lassche († 1992)
• Arend Jan van der Groef, Dirksland († 1946)
• Anna Cornelia Maria van Bakelen, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Berend Antonij Papenburg, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)

• Anna Regina Severens (84), Beringen, 3580, België
• Adriana Oomen (77), Raamsdonk, N-Brabant
• Anna Margaretha de Jong (79), Leeuwarden
• Adele Kilian (41), Buitenzorg, Indonesië
• Anna Margaretha de Jong (79), Leeuwarden
• Aalbertus Gerardus Schupper (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Dijkshoorn (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna HINOUL (52), Brussel
• Anna Elisabeth Schut (76), Nieuwendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Magriet(h)a Blomberg (73), Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands

• 1918 » George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician († 1994)
• 1918 » John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic († 2016)
• 1918 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer († 1987)
• 1919 » John R. Deane, Jr., American general († 2013)
• 1920 » Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright († 1995)
• 1921 » Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer († 1993)
• 1921 » Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman († 1986)
• 1921 » LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter († 2012)
• 1921 » Olga Nardone, American actress († 2010)
• 1921 » Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia († 2008)

• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)

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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
• January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
• 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.
• 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".
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.

The temperature on June 8, 1920 was between 5.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.