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• Arie Siebel, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Barbara Jean ALBEE, Fallon, Churchill Co., Nevada, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Elmo Dean Wade, LaVilla, Texas († 1990)
• Antonia Theresia Johanna Mol
• Evaristo Schmitt, São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1989)
• Clarence FITZSIMMONS, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Donald Willard Bowling, Nitro, Putnam County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
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• Alie Pomp († 1988)
• Catharina Francisca Wich, Helmond († 2006)

• Jongman (0), Ebbenbroek, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Jansd Bobeldijk (78), Alkmaar, nh.nld
• Anna Woldring (52), Woltersum (Ten Boer)
• Alida Maria Osterkamp (59), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Hermes (59), Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes van Doornik (2), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaldert Hofman (67), Ellecom, Nederland
• Alida Wilson (38), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Willems Klein Poelhuis (86), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie de Bie (81), Ophemert

• 1924 » Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host († 2015)
• 1925 » Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author († 2007)
• 1926 » Panos Gavalas, Greek singer († 1988)
• 1927 » Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (Supersax) († 1987)
• 1928 » Francisco Solano López, Argentinian illustrator († 2011)
• 1929 » Neal Matthews Jr., American country/gospel singer (The Jordanaires) († 2000)
• 1931 » Suhaila Noah, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia († 2014)
• 1933 » Andrew P. O'Rourke, American judge and politician († 2013)
• 1933 » Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1934 » Hot Rod Hundley, American basketball player and sportscaster († 2015)

• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Margaretha
14. Geertruida
15. Aaltje
16. Helena

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
• April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

The temperature on October 26, 1929 was between 3.5 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.