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• Alijda Johanna (Lijda) Driekman, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Arie van der Leek, Leiden († 1934)
• Aaltje van Vliet, Nieuweschans, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Beert van den Born, De Bilt († 1966)
• Alijda Johanna (Lijda) Drieman, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Alberta Gerharda Jansen, Olst († 2014)
• Anna Itje Hoving, Groningen († 2015)
• Adrianus Antonius van den Bosch († 1999)
• Albert (Aps) Dijkman, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• Co Takken († 2012)

• Antoinetta Castermans (45), Munsterbilzen
• Abraham Voorhaar (79), Haarlem Noord-Holland
• Bernard Gerhard Karl Jasper (0), Leiden
• Cornelis Anthonius Sjouke (5), Rotterdam, Waterloostraat 179b, Nederland
• Adriana Claus (3)
• Adriaan Huijsmans (59), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Afke Andries (Aafke) Heida (88), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus van den Brinck (82), Arnhem
• Adriaan Huismans (59), Terheijden,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Baaltje van den TOL (67), Oude Tonge

• 1916 » Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1916 » Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player († 2018)
• 1916 » Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner († 2019)
• 1918 » Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto († 2009)
• 1920 » Yul Brynner, Russian actor and dancer († 1985)
• 1920 » Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author († 2010)
• 1922 » Fritz Riess, German-Swiss racing driver († 1991)
• 1922 » Gene Evans, American actor († 1998)
• 1923 » Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic († 2018)
• 1923 » Tun Tun, Indian actress and comedian († 2003)

• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)

• 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 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
• April 25 » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
• May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
• June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
• June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.

The temperature on July 11, 1920 was between 12.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.