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• Adriana Pieternella de Jong, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Goverdina Busio, Capelle († 1985)
• Albert Jan Vosjan, Ommen († 1978)
• Andrew Geels, Orange City, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Adrianus Josephus Hendrikus van den Boogaard, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Adriana de Callafon, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Antonius Straatman, Zaltbommel
• Anje Huttinga, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje Huttenga, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Nathalie Raman, Melle († 1997)

• Amalie Maria, Herzogin in Bayern von WITTELSBACH (46), Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
• Adriaan Johannes Rodie (79), Deventer
• Anna Adriana Maria Rosalia van Haasbergen (60), Zutphen,Gemeente Zutphen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Rodie (79), Deventer
• Amalie van WITTELSBACH-VAN BEIEREN (46), Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg
• Andries Brandenburg (71), Utrecht
• Antjen Focking (62), Hummelo
• (73), Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Amalia Maria van Beieren (46), Stuttgard, Duitsland
• Adriaan Philipse (36), Heusden

• 1910 » Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast († 1998)
• 1911 » Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer († 1992)
• 1911 » Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist († 2005)
• 1912 » János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1989)
• 1912 » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor († 1980)
• 1913 » Josef Manger, German weightlifter († 1991)
• 1913 » Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress († 1976)
• 1913 » Peter Cushing, English actor († 1994)
• 1913 » Pierre Daninos, French author († 2005)
• 1914 » Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer († 2009)

• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
• February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
• October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
• November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

The temperature on May 26, 1912 was between 3.6 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.