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• Antonia Geertruida Bontenbal, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2010)
• Antje Heertjes, Hoorn († 1974)
• Anna Maria van Neste († 2010)
• Amélia Domingues, Avaré, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adrina Swaantina (Tineke) van der Wal, Jatinegara Indonesie († 1993)
• Bernard Carl Gustaf Folkers, Schuttorf (D) († 2014)
• Adriana Johanna van Loon, Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Adrianus Jansz van der Meij, Katwijk († 1998)
• Antonius Hubertus Theodorus (Theo) Stroucken, Melick-Herkenbosch († 1945)
• Antonius Hubertus Theodorus Stroucken, Melick en Herkenbosch,, Limburg, Nederland († 1945)

• Arend Hobbel (72), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Johannes Hagedoorn (80), Britswerd, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Kruize (68), Sappemeer, Nederland
• Cornelis van Dalen (34)
• Cornelia Verduijn (53), Newark, Wayne, New York
• Bouwe Klazes Keizer (25), Harlingen
• Charles Edward Corey (54), Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Aaltje Johannes Hagedoorn (80), Baarderadeel
• Cornelia bakker (81), alblasserdam
• Anna Smit (42), Zaandam

• 1918 » Arthur Laurents, American director, screenwriter, and playwright († 2011)
• 1918 » Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1918 » Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer and systems scientist († 2016)
• 1920 » Marijohn Wilkin, American country and gospel songwriter († 2006)
• 1920 » Shankarrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1921 » Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player († 2013)
• 1921 » Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1921 » Leon Garfield, English author († 1996)
• 1921 » Sixto Durán Ballén, American-Ecuadorian architect and politician, 48th President of Ecuador († 2016)
• 1922 » Robin Olds, American general and pilot († 2007)

• 1881 » Billy the Kid, American criminal (b. 1859)
• 1904 » Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (b. 1824)
• 1907 » William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1910 » Marius Petipa, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
• 1918 » Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1936 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (b. 1890)
• 1937 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1860)
• 1954 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
• May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
• July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
• August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
• September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.

The temperature on July 14, 1920 was between 8.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.