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• Apollonia Bunnik, Aarlanderveen († 2005)
• Adrianus Henricus Johannes van der Wielen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Candido Pascual Sillé, Willemstad, Curacao († 2007)
• Adrianus Johannes Emmanuël (Arie) Bakker, Waarland gem Harenkarspel († 2003)
• Arie Bakker († 2003)
• Albert (Ab) Booij, Tiendeveen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Cor Steenis († 2018)
• Ann Elisabeth HASEKAMP, Voorburg, 6304, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Bernard Lawrence "Bernie" Ortloff, White Earth, Mountrail, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Albert Booij, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)

• Alonsius Joannes Baudry (72)
• Andries Visser (0), Emmen
• Abraham Baughman (88), Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
• Aard Snitselaar (81), Ede
• Anna Maria Potma (4), Leeuwarden
• Adrianus Nuyts (83), Zichem
• "Harm"en Jans Gortmaker (87), AEngwirden
• Adrianus Schoonmade (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Heijkant (65), Dongen
• Agatha van der Plas (77), 's-Gravenhage

• 1924 » Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India († 2018)
• 1924 » Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone († 1975)
• 1925 » Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author († 1998)
• 1925 » Ned Garver, American baseball player († 2017)
• 1925 » Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman († 2007)
• 1926 » Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer († 1987)
• 1927 » Leo Kubiak, American basketball and baseball player
• 1927 » Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach († 1975)
• 1927 » Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player
• 1928 » Irish McCalla, American actress and model († 2002)

• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)

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 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on December 25, 1926 was between -3.5 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.