About the day » Wednesday August 18, 1920Calender converter

• Cornelis Aleman, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Baby Drewel, Midwolda († 1920)
• Adriana de Leest, Bladel en Netersel († 2010)
• Annigje Sijgje Lebbink, Krimpen aan de Lek, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1990)
• Asse Lenters, Oud Lutten († 1949)
• Spieringhs, Eindhoven (Noord-Brabant) († 1920)
• Anneke van Steenbeek, Ede († 1992)
• Cornelia van Osch, Stiphout, 4243, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Charles Johannes Hercules, Tegal, Pekalongan († 1992)
• August Cornelis (Guus) van der Mersch, Haarlem, Nederland († 2009)

• Arie Cornelis Bakker (85), Den Haag
• Catherina Johanna Kling (63), Rotterdam
• Albert Beettjer (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• ELISA MARIA VAN DEN BRANDEN (12), TIELRODE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Dientje Santing (1), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dieuwertje Klok (70), Eierland (Texel), Nederland
• krijger (0), zierikzee
• Dirkje Westening (53), Rotterdam
• Betje Stokvis (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dientje Santing (1), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1917 » Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense († 2006)
• 1918 » Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1961)
• 1919 » Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska († 2010)
• 1920 » Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1920 » Godfrey Evans, English cricketer († 1999)
• 1920 » Shelley Winters, American actress († 2006)
• 1921 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot († 1943)
• 1921 » Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic († 2015)
• 1922 » Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist († 2008)
• 1923 » Katherine Victor, American actress († 2004)

• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)

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.
• February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
• February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
• August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
• November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
• November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

The temperature on August 18, 1920 was between 11.2 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.