About the day » Monday August 20, 1923Calender converter

• Arnoldus Gerardus Duimel, Rotterdam († 1982)
• Adrianus Alphonsus Maria Commandeur, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1998)
• Dirkje Koren, Alphen aan den Rijn, Nederland († 1979)
• Albert Stanley Butler #9081*11f, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England († 1995)
• Cent Remmelzwaal, Katwijk († 1993)
• Elisabeth Petronella Buijk, Woensdrecht,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Alef Arendsen, Harderwijk († 1945)
• Aleida Brinkman († 2009)
• Cyril Henry VandeWettering, Stayton, Marion, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Cent Remmelzwaal, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)

• Anthonie Snijder (81), Nieuw-Helvoet, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Bergmans (0), Mill en St. Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cato Janze Rhemrev (48), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alice Marie CRAM (56), St. Mary, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Adrien Constant joseph Borghmans (72), Loerbeek (GD)
• Antonius Poulissen (79), Baarle-Nassau
• Antonij van Lankveld (73), Erp
• Catharina Maria Brouwer (12), Wormerveer
• Anthonie Marinus Luijk (59), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus van Buuren (74), Druten, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1919 » Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 2000)
• 1919 » Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1921 » Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer († 1985)
• 1921 » Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
• 1923 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter († 1964)
• 1924 » George Zuverink, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1926 » Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist († 1978)
• 1926 » Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach († 2014)
• 1927 » John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian
• 1927 » Yootha Joyce, English actress († 1980)

• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Helena
15. Margaretha
16. Aaltje

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
• January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
• September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
• September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
• September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
• September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.

The temperature on August 20, 1923 was between 12.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.