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• Annigje van der Goot, Oudemirdum, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Bregtie Menna SMIT, Groningen († 1920)
• ? van Aalderen, Hoogeveen nederland († 1920)
• Anton Heinrich Winkelhorst († 2004)
• Albert Johannes Zwiers, Batavia († 1988)
• Alida Loraine Grover, Verenigde Statn († 1999)
• Anna Lee Wylie Humphrey [Wl] "Ann", Pottsville, Pope County, Arkansas († 2012)
• Bernardus Marinus ter Halle, Vriezenveen
• Anna Eugenie Christiani, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada († 2015)
• Adriaan Adam Verkooijen, Teteringen († 1995)

• Adrianus van Hoof, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van den Wijngaarde (77), Meeuwen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bieuwke Stulp (39), De Waarden, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Koeman (68), Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Netherlands
• ??? Staverman (16)
• Catharina Hendrika Beukers (60), Loosduinen, Nederland
• Ana Francisca Leite
• Christiaan Jan Pluim (0), Arnhem
• Bieuwke Fokkes Stulp (39), Groningen
• Bieuwke Stulp (39), Groningen

• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
• 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)
• 1918 » Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author († 2007)
• 1921 » Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1921 » Manitas de Plata, French guitarist († 2014)
• 1924 » Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor († 2012)
• 1925 » Felice Bryant, American songwriter († 2003)
• 1926 » Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer († 2015)
• 1927 » Rocky Bridges, American baseball player and coach († 2015)

• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)

• 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.
• January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
• February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

The temperature on August 7, 1920 was between 8.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.