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• Aaltje Tienkamp, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Clasina van den Berg, Zwartsluis († 1921)
• Aldwin Sersansie, Jakarta, Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia († 1994)
• Antoon George Louis MANTELS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2004)
• Bertha Gerarda Vermeulen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Colette Le Clerc de La Verpillière, Lagnieu, Ain, France († 2020)
• Anna Elisabeth Drost († 1930)
• Abraham Jannis Marsille, Schoondijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1920)
• Audrey Sophia Haslip, Blue Earth, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Antonie Cornelis Blinkhoff, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

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• Adrianus Johannes Konings (79), Utrecht
• Annetje Rusting (72), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Heinrich Otto Moritz von Winning (85), Wiesbaden,,Hesse,Germany
• Antonius HERREIJGERS (83), Essen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Anna Sophia Bakker (26), Alkmaar
• Alberdina Moes (76), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Bakker (26), Alkmaar
• Anna Catharina van der Weegen (71), Moergestel
• Betsij Janssen (32), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1916 » Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author († 2010)
• 1916 » Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach († 2011)
• 1916 » John S. Wold, American geologist and politician († 2017)
• 1918 » Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer († 1986)
• 1919 » Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author († 2005)
• 1921 » Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician († 2014)
• 1921 » Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic († 1988)
• 1924 » Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer († 2003)
• 1924 » Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer († 2015)
• 1924 » John Davidson, American physician and politician († 2012)

• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

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.
• March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
• August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
• October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

The temperature on August 31, 1920 was between 11.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.