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• Cornelis Martinus Santbergen, Klundert († 2009)
• Arnold Straathof, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Berendina Hendrika Veerbeek, Dinxperlo († 1928)
• Cornelia Peters († 2005)
• Adrianus Johannes Helsloot, Utrecht († 1972)
• Albert de Jong, Druten,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus, Johannes Helsloot, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1972)
• Blanche Ann Monticciolo, Manhattan, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Antonia Louisa Catharina Schippers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Christiaan August Coenraad Ubels, Assen († 1990)

• Aaltje De Leeuw (93), Schiedam
• Anna Maria Francisca Smeenk (73), Amsterdam
• Antonius Lamers (35), Ottersum, Nederland
• (l.l.) Post (0), Aperloo (Elburg)
• Anna Maria Christina Muijtjens (71), Borgharen, Maastricht
• ARIE DE BLOIS (0), VELSEN
• Antonetta van Megen (71), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Willemsd Krijgsman (76), Brielle, zh.nld
• Augustus MINNEN (68), Dessel,2480,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arie de Bloois (0), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1923 » Michael Legat, English author and publisher († 2011)
• 1923 » Murray Hamilton, American actor († 1986)
• 1924 » Norman Fell, American actor († 1998)
• 1925 » Puig Aubert, German-French rugby league player and coach († 1994)
• 1926 » Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate († 2016)
• 1926 » Desmond Connell, Irish cardinal († 2017)
• 1926 » William Porter, American hurdler († 2000)
• 1927 » John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic († 2014)
• 1927 » Martin Walser, German author and playwright
• 1928 » Byron Janis, American pianist and composer

• 1905 » Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1909 » John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1871)
• 1915 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)

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.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• 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.

The temperature on March 24, 1926 was between -2.7 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.