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• Antonius Franciscus Besselink, Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1920)
• Atte Hoekstra, Oudwoude († 2009)
• Barbara May Steele, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia († 1967)
• Albert Hoorn, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1989)
• Albert Gaasbeek, Hengelo († 1999)
• Adrianus Koolen, Woensdrecht, NL († 1993)
• Augustine Eveline van Lennep, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2024)
• Agnes Maria Pardoel, Rotterdam († 2000)
• "Olivier" Marie Eugène de Parscau du Plessix, château de Marlieu, Sainte-Blandine, Isère, France († 1948)
• Annie Bal, Rotterdam († 2011)

• Derk Venema (70), Hardenberg, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobus Kooman (0), Krabbendijke
• Cornelis BLOKLAND (86), Streefkerk, Gemeente Liesveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clémence MALRÉCHAUFFÉ (84), Florennes, 5620, Namur, Belgique
• Alida Cornelia Sophia Maitland (66), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derk Veneman (70), Ambt Hardenberg
• Anna Catharina Postelmans (69), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Anne Catharina Berkelaar (56), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Schrama (75), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Marie van Slobbe (30), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Parley Baer, American actor († 2002)
• 1916 » Peter Viereck, American poet and academic († 2006)
• 1918 » Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School († 2004)
• 1918 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer († 1982)
• 1920 » George Tooker, American painter and academic († 2011)
• 1921 » Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1922 » Frank Stranahan, American golfer († 2013)
• 1922 » L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader († 2015)
• 1923 » Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore († 2005)
• 1926 » Betsy Jolas, French composer

• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)

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 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• April 25 » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
• April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
• November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France

The temperature on August 5, 1920 was between 10.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.