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• Adriana Wilhelmina Oerlemans, Woensdrecht († 1970)
• André Richard de Vesvrotte, Deluz, Doubs, France († 1996)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria Jongmans, Zierikzee, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus Martinus Oomen, Hoeven († 1982)
• Alberta ten Dam, Utrecht († 2004)
• Cornelia Hendrika Wijnanda Dijkman, Baarn († 2007)
• Elisabeth Adriana OERLEMANS, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• August Alphonsus Maria Biswamitre, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2017)
• Denise Ferdinanda Maria Barremaecker, Sint-Kruis-Brugge-8310-West Vlaanderen-Vlaams Gewest-België († 2003)
• Antonetta Sophyia Reinbergen, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)

• Antje Keessen (70)
• Adrianus Cornelus van Minderhout (3)
• Arent Jan TER HORST (38), Aalten, 7090, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Henrica Petronella van Rooij (0), Goirle
• Aaltje de Jong (68), Franeker
• Amaziah Roddy Clinkscales (74)
• Alice Constance Lee (57)
• Antonia Van Den Ham (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoinetta Hubertina Becks (48), Den Haag
• Aldegonda Hubertina Marie Dreu (75), Maastricht

• 1925 » Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1925 » Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna († 1990)
• 1926 » Bob Richards, American Olympic track and field athlete
• 1926 » Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director († 2018)
• 1926 » María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish Roman Catholic nun; later canonized († 1998)
• 1926 » Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties († 2013)
• 1926 » Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1927 » Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer and musician († 2005)
• 1927 » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and political activist († 1986)
• 1927 » Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat

• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)

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.
• 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.
• 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 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 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on February 20, 1926 was between 7.4 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.