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• Allegonda Hendrika Ploegmakers, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Anna Maria Bertha Noubour, Vucht (Maasmechelen), Limburg (B)
• Andreas Henricus van Zon, Hof van Delft († 2006)
• Aaltje Hoegen, Barneveld († 1920)
• Antoon van de Esschert, Epe († 1991)
• Anna Maria van den Boogaard, Schijndel († 1919)
• André Louis Armand Hissink, Batavia († 2024)
• Botter, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1919)
• Coolen, Eersel
• Aeilt Krull, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa († 1921)

• Antonius Spanenburg (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbertje Brunekreeft (68)
• Adriana Francisca van Grinsven Zwilling (0), Gemonde, Schijndel, Nederland
• Adriaan Kemmeren (2), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Groenendijk (31), Leidschenveen-Ypenburg
• Aagje Kan (81), Alkmaar
• Adrianus Bernardus van der Sman (60), Wateringen
• Andries van Grinsven (80), Geffen
• Albert Tjeerts KLEVERINGA (53), Noordhorn Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus van der Helm (70), Alphen

• 1917 » Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist († 2019)
• 1918 » J. B. Fuqua, American entrepreneur and philanthropist († 2006)
• 1918 » Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician († 2008)
• 1918 » Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot († 2007)
• 1919 » Donald M. Ashton, English art director († 2004)
• 1919 » George Athan Billias, American historian († 2018)
• 1919 » Jimmy Newberry, American pitcher († 1983)
• 1919 » Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic († 2003)
• 1920 » Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 2014)
• 1921 » Violette Szabo, French-British secret agent († 1945)

• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1932 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
• 1938 » James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1945 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
• July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
• July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
• November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
• November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

The temperature on June 26, 1919 was between 4.8 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.