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• Anna Marie Wrenn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• van Zanten Solleveld, 's-Gravenhage
• Arie de Bruin, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2012)
• Bernice Faber († 1926)
• Adriana Petronella NOORLANDER, Den Helder († 1998)
• Aukje Schipper, Hoensbroek (L († 1992)
• Afke de Haan, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)
• Gluhoff, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Coenraad Kamphuis, Putten († 1945)
• Annie Strikwerda († 2019)

• Annechien Noord (49)
• Antonius Stechman (73), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Bijl van der . (30), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Abraham Cornelis Roth (70), middelburg
• Baron Willem Gustaaf Jacob Van Boetzelaer (64)
• Charles Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy (66), Malèves-Sainte-Marie-Wastines, Perwez, Belgique
• Agnes Elisabeth Lentz (43), Bocholtz, Limburg, Nederland
• Aukje Johannes Ferwerda (84), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Catherine Nugent (63), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Wijnands (78), Maasbree

• 1923 » Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1923 » Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1923 » Linda Darnell, American actress († 1965)
• 1924 » Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor († 2014)
• 1925 » Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer
• 1926 » Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO
• 1927 » Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1928 » Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress († 2016)
• 1928 » Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian († 2010)
• 1929 » Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress

• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)

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.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on October 16, 1926 was between 5.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.