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• Edith Baldauf, Eberstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany († 2012)
• Maria Clementina Gertrude Belmans, Lommel († 2003)
• Maria Cornelia Catharina van Zundert, Oudenbosch († 1984)
• Johan Cornelis Alssema († 2010)
• Jacobina Menger, Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1948)
• Kenneth J Kelderman, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 1990)
• Izaak Vavier, Leiden († 1945)
• Margaretha Maria (Grietje) Smit, Volendam († 2021)
• Hendrik Gerardus Koger, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Maria van der Knaap, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)

• Adrianus Goorden (67), Roosendaal/Nispen
• Anna Maria WESSELS (58), Druten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Marinus van ZWEDEN (60), Waarde, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alle Heedzes Rinzema (57), Veenwouden
• Adrianus Joannes Ludovicus van Son (40), Tilburg
• Agnes Massop (77), Kockengen
• Amanda Elizabeth Forrest (78), Owens X Rds Cave Springs Rd Moon Cem. Jackson County, Alabama
• Verschueren Ludovica (71), Wortel, Antwerpen, België
• "Beatrice" Mary Feodore Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (87), Balcombe, Sussex, Royaume-Uni
• Adriana Dorothea Visser (53), Soest, Utr, Nederland

• 1942 » Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director († 2014)
• 1942 » Jonathan Williams, English race car driver and pilot († 2014)
• 1942 » Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Jim McCann, Irish singer and guitarist († 2015)
• 1945 » Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
• 1945 » Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer
• 1945 » Nancy Davis Griffeth, American computer scientist and academic
• 1945 » Pat Conroy, American author († 2016)
• 1946 » Kevin Barron, English electrician and politician

• 1941 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1944 » Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 » William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)

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

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

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
• September 12 » World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
• November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
• December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
• December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
• December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

The temperature on October 26, 1944 was between 6.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.