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• Antonius Joannes Nillesen, Groesbeek Berg en Dal Gelderland Nederland († 1961)
• "Madeleine" Marie Josèphe Jeanne du Merle, Malo-les-Bains, Dunkerque, Nord, France († 2000)
• Antje Hamer, Gombong, Nederlands Indië († 2005)
• Aart Kok († 2001)
• Agnes Houwers, Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2011)
• Agnes Maria Hubertina Zilvertand, Roermond († 2006)
• Aart Harmen Busser, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Betlem, Watergang, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Kok († 2001)
• Antje Elzinga, Grootegast († 1996)

• Dirk DIJKHUIS (0), Loppersum Groningen Netherlands
• Arnold Dull (72), Den Haag
• Detje Jans van der Wal (66), Drachten
• David Klepke (0), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Reinier DE LANG (67), Gorinchem (NL/ZH)
• Claës Ejnar Johansson (18), Norra Kattarp 1, Laholms landsförs (N)
• Bernardus Johannes Petrus van den Biggelaar (75), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend HEBBINK (70), Hengelo, Nederland, Gelderland, Varssel
• Bernard Lucas Ellermann (68), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Dettje Jans van der Wal (66), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1917 » Pamela Brown, English actress († 1975)
• 1918 » Craig Stevens, American actor († 2000)
• 1918 » Edward B. Giller, U.S Major General († 2017)
• 1918 » Irwin Hasen, American illustrator († 2015)
• 1918 » Julia Pirie, British spy working for MI5 († 2008)
• 1918 » Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot († 2002)
• 1918 » Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2009)
• 1919 » Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany († 2016)
• 1920 » Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman († 1995)
• 1921 » John Money, New Zealand psychologist and sexologist, responsible for controversial sexual identity study on David Reimer († 2006)

• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)

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 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• 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 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

The temperature on July 8, 1920 was between 12.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.