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• Cornelis Mauritius Gerardus Adrianus van Beijere Berge Henegouw, Ter Aar (Driesprong) († 1977)
• Arthur Peter Karel Bodde, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1927)
• Aline Matilda Odila Martens, Gent († 1926)
• Cornelis Johannes van Doorn, Den Helder († 2012)
• Bernardus Henderikus (Bennie) Wolbers, Vlagtwedde, Groningen Province, Netherlands († 2008)
• Cornelis Petrus Lambregts († 2001)
• Christinus Marinus Hol, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 2008)
• Annebelle Louise Merema, Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Antonius Andreas Johannes Franciscus Rynbeek, Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Drika Driessen, Milsbek († 2012)

• Adrianus Ruijgrok (61), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Victor Bohman (80), Roy, Weber County, Utah, United States of America
• Adriana van Schajik (87), Stoutenburg
• Akke Venstra (24), Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alexander Broadbent (63), Mount Moreland, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
• Aaltje Prins (1), Grafhorst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Allegonda Adriani (88), 's Gravenhage
• Andreas Huiskens (68), Düsseldorf, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anthonie Goedegebuure (33), Zierikzee
• Adriana VAN SCHAJIK (87), Stoutenburg, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1924 » Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer († 2010)
• 1924 » Ron Moody, English actor and singer († 2015)
• 1925 » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright († 1972)
• 1926 » Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano († 2012)
• 1926 » Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
• 1926 » Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer († 2004)
• 1926 » Kerwin Mathews, American actor († 2007)
• 1926 » Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor († 2009)
• 1927 » Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic († 2015)
• 1928 » Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington

• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)

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

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

• 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on January 8, 1926 was between 2.7 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.