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• Albertje Hendriks Kraai, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nedeland († 1929)
• Allan George Shierlaw († 2003)
• Allen "Dick" Sant Bench, Tacoma, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Aaltje Beens († 2003)
• Anthonius Gerardus GOEDHART, Utrecht († 1996)
• Cornelia Helena Constantia van Vliet, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1999)
• "Stéphanette" Marie Josèphe Guislaine de Caillebot de La Salle, Gouy-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France († 2013)
• Catharina Eleonora van Gestel, Baarle-Nassau († 1927)
• Aaltje Catrine De Jonge, Muntendam,, Groningen, Nederland († 2021)
• Adriana Catharina Duinker, Haarlem († 1927)

• Aleida BEENS, Musselkanaal, Groningen
• Anna Maria Verhülsdonk (70), Appeldorn
• Aaltje Meppelink (85), Schoonebeek, gem. Dalen, Nederland
• *Jan van Dullemen (84), Dodewaard, Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Haverkort (0), Coevorden
• Adrianus Schiltmans (59)
• Alfred William Ayers (61), Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Antonius Cornelis Bennenbroek (13), Someren
• ? FRERES (0)
• Alexius Johannes Visser (57), Sneek

• 1923 » Herb Thomas, American race car driver († 2000)
• 1926 » Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1926 » Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland († 2014)
• 1926 » Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer († 2018)
• 1926 » Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor († 1990)
• 1927 » Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1996)
• 1928 » James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 » André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2019)
• 1929 » Joi Lansing, American model, actress and nightclub singer († 1972)
• 1929 » Willis Hall, English playwright and author († 2005)

• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1950 » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)

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.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• 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 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on April 6, 1926 was between 3.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.