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• Arie Brink, van den, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Albertus Nieuwenhuis, Bergentheim († 1996)
• Arie van den Brink, Barneveld, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1945)
• Adriaan van de Nieuwegiessen, Eethen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriaan van de Nieuwegiessen, Eethen († 1992)
• Adrianus Petrus van Laarhoven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Albertus Hajenius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Arie van den Brink, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Arie den Toom, Giessen Nieuwkerk († 1928)
• Aaltje Barmentloo, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)

• Castein (0), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Kamerling (50)
• Adrianus Johannes Jordaans (59), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Wierks (58), Hospers (Sioux), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Louiza Hardij (82), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Anselmo Jorge (33), Tomazina, Paraná, Brasil
• Berendina de Jonge (82), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie Johannes van den Heuvel (75), Amersfoort
• Abraham Kamerling (50), Waarde
• Barbara Kendig Breneman (86), Lititz, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1920 » Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and academic († 2019)
• 1921 » Joe Fulks, American basketball player († 1976)
• 1922 » Fred Wood, English actor († 2003)
• 1922 » Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama († 2008)
• 1923 » Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic († 2016)
• 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)

• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 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)

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

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

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
• October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
• December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

The temperature on October 26, 1924 was between 3.6 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.