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• Anthoni Fielmich, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus Foppen, Harderwijk († 1921)
• Anthonius Hendricus van der Burg, Sassenheim († 2009)
• Andreas Soeters, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1922)
• Albertus Josephus van der Post, Apeldoorn († 1922)
• Benitius Gerardus Diels, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2006)
• Alice Boel, Bazel († 2011)
• ? PERKINS, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1920)
• Adriana Agnes Heilig, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Arie Paauwe, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)

• Aaltje Willemsen (76), Hummelo en Keppel
• Antonia Maria Elisabeth Eekman (69), Delden, Stad
• Anne du Bois d'Aische (55), Neerepen (Neerrepen), 73083, Belgique
• Antje Brouwer (84), Rotterdam (Bergweg)
• Ariaantje Bastiaansd Boere (71), Nieuwenhoorn, zh.nld
• Catharina Obbes Broersma (87), leeuwarden
• Arend Boekholt (0), Valthermond, Odoorn
• Anna de Wit (92), Sappemeer, Nederland
• ? PERKINS (0)
• Arend Tibben (73), Dedemsvaart

• 1915 » Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train († 2007)
• 1916 » Carl Giles, English cartoonist († 1995)
• 1919 » Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player († 2014)
• 1920 » Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1920 » Václav Neumann, Czech violinist and conductor († 1995)
• 1921 » Albie Roles, English footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1921 » John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator († 2014)
• 1922 » Lizabeth Scott, American actress († 2015)
• 1923 » Bum Phillips, American football player and coach († 2013)
• 1923 » Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator († 2005)

• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Lawrence Weathers, decorated WWI Australian soldier (b. 1890).
• 1925 » Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1851)
• 1927 » Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (b. 1858)
• 1927 » Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1928 » John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (b. 1842)
• 1930 » Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1844)
• 1937 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877)

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. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
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 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
• January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.

The temperature on September 29, 1920 was between 7.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.