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• Beertje Gardenbroek, Harderwijk († 2007)
• Alida Maartje Ballast († 1994)
• Earl Arnold Heckendorf († 1996)
• Cornelia Johanna Leeman, Oost-en West-Souburg († 2000)
• Cyril Clark († 2003)
• "Jacqueline" Emma Jeanne Bouyala, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France († 2019)
• Anna Maria Rikmanspoel, Enschede († 2016)
• Cornelia Maria Smakman, Lisse († 2009)
• Bernard Louis "Bernie" VERHAEGHE, Bay City,BAY,Michigan,United States,United States († 1997)
• Arie Cornelis Geurtsen, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)

• Anna Marie Jans
• Antje (Jan) Attema (68), Leeuwarden
• Aaldert Jacobus Van Herreveld (58), Nijmegen
• Adrianus van Gastel (42), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Aaldert Jacobus van Herreveld (58), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Nobel (87)
• Anna Gertruida Nobel (87)
• Aaltje SPRONK (69), Oldebroek
• Anna DEKKER (85), Dordrecht
• Alida Storm (69), delft (zuid holland)

• 1924 » Bonnie Lou, American singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1925 » Jane Connell, American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1925 » Monica Sims, English radio host and producer († 2018)
• 1925 » Paul Fox, English broadcaster
• 1925 » Warren Christopher, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State († 2011)
• 1926 » Boris Chetkov, Russian painter († 2010)
• 1926 » H. R. Haldeman, American businessman and diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff († 1993)
• 1926 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter († 1943).
• 1926 » Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator († 2010)
• 1927 » Dominick Argento, American composer and educator († 2019)

• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
• 1944 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)
• 1947 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916)

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. Trijntje

• 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.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on October 27, 1926 was between -1.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.