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• Albert Schuur, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde) († 1923)
• Adrienne Clara Maria de MILLIANO, Watervliet,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2001)
• Antonius Cornelis van Loenhout, Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL († 1969)
• Arend van der Veen († 2003)
• Anna de Leeuw († 1998)
• Abraham Jacobus Janknegt, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Bessie Margareth (Jallema) Jellema, Linton, Emmons, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Arie Cornelis Kager, Texel († 1994)
• Antonia Rotella, Buffalo, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Adrianus Cornelis (Arie) Kager, Texel († 1994)

• Arie de Bruijn (63), Gouda
• Bottje Hendriks Westra (83), Franeker
• Aalbert Larekamp (83), Rhenen
• Carel Frederiks Jongs (85), Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Augustus Eugene Kelly ***** (49), Newell, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
• Carolus Ludovicus Van-Isacker (68), Handzame
• Cornelia Johanna Roosen (59), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Larekamp (83), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernhard Frederik Johannes Heerspink (56), Meppel,Gemeente Meppel,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Annigje Vierhoven (26), Diever, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1917 » Rochus Misch, German SS officer († 2013)
• 1918 » Don Ingalls, American writer and producer († 2014)
• 1918 » Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author († 1968)
• 1918 » Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist († 2005)
• 1920 » Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman († 2007)
• 1921 » Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist († 2012)
• 1921 » Richard Egan, American actor († 1987)
• 1923 » Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer († 2014)
• 1923 » George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1923 » Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification († 2012)

• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)

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 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
• January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
• February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
• August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
• October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
• November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

The temperature on July 29, 1920 was between 9.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.