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• Antonius Johannes Maria Plattel, Heino († 1999)
• Anna Voorzanger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Alice May Dortch, GREENWOOD († 1974)
• Aglaë Picot de Peccaduc († 2008)
• Clifton H. Puffer, Tompkins, Delaware County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Berthe Guerin, Kings Park, South Australia, Australia († 1926)
• Arie Adriaan Theodoor van Rhijn, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Agnesje Den Boer († 1938)
• Sukkel, Schaesberg († 1926)
• Berendina Ziengs, Zuidbarge, Emmen († 2015)

• Aart Jan van der Griend (62), Naaldwijk
• Antje Eelkes de Boer (74), Vlieland, Nederland
• Albertje Soer (74), Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Goudswaart (80), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bel (1)
• van der Wildt (0), Utrecht
• Anna (Annie Catharina) Rooks (62), Olive Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Kotteman (47), Driene
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van van der Hoorn (0), Ter Aar (Papenveer)
• Arie van Diepen (74), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1923 » Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2005)
• 1924 » Clement Freud, German-English radio host, academic, and politician († 2009)
• 1924 » Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer († 2002)
• 1925 » Franco Leccese, Italian sprinter († 1992)
• 1926 » Marilyn Erskine, American actress
• 1926 » Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden († 2016)
• 1927 » Josy Barthel, Luxembourgian runner and politician, Luxembourgian Minister for Energy († 1992)
• 1928 » Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist († 2012)
• 1928 » Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist († 2008)
• 1928 » Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager

• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)

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 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• 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 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on April 24, 1926 was between 4.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.