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• Jean Anten, Maastricht, Nederland († 1995)
• Joyce Hales
• Louise Hannema, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2001)
• Aaltje Bijl, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Mary Martha Cooper Cook Crooks, McDowell County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Arnoldus Johannes Heuzen-, Leimuiden, Nederland († 1993)
• Catharina Marie Huisman, Coevorden († 2011)
• Gerardus Heuveling († 1999)
• Jan Cornelis Stehouwer, Ridderkerk,Zuid-Holland,Niederlande († 2010)
• Cornelia Johanna Scholder, Utrecht, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1945)

• Adriana Gerwen van (61), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Dirk van Rhijn (69)
• Adrianus Blankestijn (37), Hamburg-Neuengamme
• Adriana Geertruida BODAAN (75), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonio João Quartiero (0), Sombrio, Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Albert Teekesz Ree (71), Terschelling
• Alida Petronella Demmers (87), Ermelo
• Aagje Laurina Meijdam (75), Zuilen
• Ada Baroncini Volta (51), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana Elisabeth Dulfer (71), Amsterdam

• 1942 » Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States
• 1942 » Robert Costanzo, American actor, director, and producer
• 1943 » David Douglas-Home, British businessman and politician
• 1943 » Ivan Hrdlička, Czechoslovakian footballer
• 1943 » Suze Rotolo, American artist, and former girlfriend of Bob Dylan
• 1943 » Veronica Hamel, American actress and model
• 1944 » Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwean field hockey player
• 1944 » Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Wayne Maki, Canadian ice hockey player († 1974)
• 1945 » Deborah Eisenberg, American writer, actress and teacher

• 1938 » Edwin Hall, American physicist (b. 1855)
• 1938 » Maud of Wales, queen of Norway (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Arturo Bocchini, Chief of Police under the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Robert Lane, Canadian footballer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Tim Coleman, English footballer (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)
• 1944 » Maria Jacobini, Italian actress (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (b. 1921)
• 1950 » Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
• February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
• March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
• April 10 » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
• April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
• October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.

The temperature on November 20, 1944 was between 7.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.