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• Anne Kievit, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1926)
• Arendje Van Der Sluis, Rotterdam († 2014)
• Ada Pearl Robertson, High Slope KY († 2006)
• Anna Hendrika Bloem, Klampok († 1982)
• Édouard de Lobkowitz, New York, New York, États-Unis († 2010)
• Clinton Roland Tracy, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Adriana MARIJNISSEN, Rucphen († 1954)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Maria (Ad) Verkuijten, ,, Helmond, Nederland († 1973)
• Albert Strijker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)
• Antonius Maria Zegers († 1927)

• Adrianus Martinus Brok- (85), Udenhout, Nederland
• Antje Bouwmeester (58), Leimuiden, 2451, Nederland
• Catharina de Haan (66)
• Antje Bouwmeester (58), Leimuiden
• Ariaantje Pieternella van der Hoeven (63), Brielle
• Cornelia Schmieman (27), Schoohoven
• Carolus Josephus DE BEUCKELEER (32), Schilde, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Cornelis van Ruiten (83), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Arie Verschoor (29), Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Hermans (31), Heerlen

• 1922 » Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author († 2013)
• 1924 » George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States († 2018)
• 1924 » Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host († 2013)
• 1928 » Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician and diplomat, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1928 » Richard M. Sherman, American composer and director
• 1928 » Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor († 2018)
• 1929 » Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust († 1945)
• 1929 » Brigid Brophy, English author and critic († 1995)
• 1929 » Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani linguist and academic
• 1929 » John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland († 2017)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

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.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on June 12, 1926 was between 8.2 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.