About the day » Sunday August 1, 1920Calender converter

• Adrianus (Bob) Kaijen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Adrianus (Bob) Kaijen, Watergraafsmeer († 1997)
• Antonie M. G. Jongen, Heers, België († 2011)
• Arnoldus Hendricus Ross, Babberich, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Bastiaan Zwijnenburg, Willeskop († 1920)
• Antonius Martinus van den Hurk, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1920)
• Anna Maria Vreuls, Ubach over Worms († 2003)
• Anna (Ankie) Caroline Beels, Almelo († 2009)
• Arie Muntjewerf, Oudesluis, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Aartje Jacoba Koorevaar, Leerdam († 1920)

• Ary BRIL (61), Voorschoten, ZH, Nederland
• Arie Kars (52), Geldermalsen
• Christina Kaljouw (41), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Alida Josephina Merkenich (71), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus Lodenius de Joode (82), Woudrichem
• Albertine Caroline Auguste Gaulke (54), Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin
• Anna Sjoukje Jacobs de Groot (21)
• Bernardus Lodeus de Joode (82), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Lodevicus (Lodewijk) de Joode (82), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Alida Elisabeth Serné (72), Utrecht

• 1916 » Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet († 2000)
• 1916 » Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal († 2014)
• 1918 » T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist († 2013)
• 1919 » Stanley Middleton, English author († 2009)
• 1920 » Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player († 1992)
• 1921 » Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1921 » Pat McDonald, Australian actress († 1990)
• 1922 » Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor († 2006)
• 1923 » Val Bettin, American actor
• 1924 » Abdullah of Saudi Arabia († 2015)

• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)

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 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
• February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
• March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
• July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

The temperature on August 1, 1920 was between 13.1 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.