About the day » Monday August 2, 1920Calender converter

• Asher Scott Blank, Abarr, Yuma Co. Colorado († 1991)
• Annetje Bruin, Oudeschild († 1945)
• Arnoldus Peter Bouten, Maashees, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1924)
• André Félix Constant MERCIER, Soissons, 02722, Aisne, Picardie, France († 2013)
• Annigje Metje Cornelia Jacoba Boer, Veenhuizen, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)
• Aaltje van Ommen, Oldebroek (Engeland),, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Maria van Orsouw, Berghem († 1920)
• Adriana van Overloop, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Annie van de Velden († 1997)
• Angelita Guerra, Calipatria, CA († 1964)

• Adriaan Brekelmans (87), Hilvarenbeek
• Alberta van Herk (4), Alblasserdam
• Albert Shaw (72), Greene, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Berend de Groot (69), Oostwold, Nederland
• Adriaan Koolen (49)
• Antje ter Veldhuis (71), Bellingwolde
• Bernardus Wilhelmus (Bernard) Koops (42), Ulft
• Arie van Zandwijk (75), Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus Josephus van Iersel (30), Raamsdonk, Netherlands
• Arie van den Brand (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1916 » Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor († 1990)
• 1917 » Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer († 2003)
• 1919 » Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor
• 1920 » Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician († 2013)
• 1920 » Louis Pauwels, French journalist and author († 1997)
• 1921 » Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist († 2013)
• 1922 » Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist and socialite († 2016)
• 1922 » Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author († 1998)
• 1923 » Ike Williams, American boxer († 1994)
• 1923 » Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel († 2016)

• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)

• 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.
• March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
• May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
• June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
• August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio

The temperature on August 2, 1920 was between 10.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.