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• Adriana Johanna Pothoven, Soest,Soest,Utrecht,Nederland († 2007)
• Antonius Franciscus Maria van Roosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Anna Baijs, Wieringen († 2007)
• * Martinus van Bakel, Vught († 2000)
• Arie Petrie († 1984)
• Berendje Smeding, Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Berendje (Bea) Smeding († 2006)
• Homs, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1921)
• Carolus Johannes Gerardus Swinkels, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Adriaan Peter Wijnands († 1991)

• Arnolda (Arnoldina) Konincks (88), Delft, Gemeente Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Willemina Chevalking (75), Zelhem
• Bartholomeus Vermunt (79), Etten Leur,Etten-Leur,Noord Brabant,Nederland
• Aleida Polman (83), Gendt
• Aleida Lohuis (81), Stad Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aleida Lohuis (81), Stad Delden
• Arnolda Konincks (87), delft
• Cornelia Maria Strijbosch (0), Velzen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Alida Maria Veer (18), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje~Antkes Doorenspleet (84)

• 1917 » I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower († 2019)
• 1917 » Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach († 1992)
• 1917 » Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach († 2013)
• 1918 » Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper († 2004)
• 1921 » Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer († 2008)
• 1922 » J. C. Holt, English historian and academic († 2014)
• 1922 » Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada († 1993)
• 1922 » Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer († 2019)
• 1924 » Browning Ross, American runner and soldier († 1998)
• 1925 » Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author († 2019)

• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
• April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
• May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
• July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
• August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
• October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

The temperature on April 26, 1921 was between 6.8 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.