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• Anna Korevaar, Corsica (Douglas), South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Arend Hendrik Jan Vijge († 2018)
• Arlene Strong, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Annigje Willemijntje Griffioen, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland († 2004)
• Bernie Richard FOPMA, Lynnville Jasper County Iowa U.S.A († 1987)
• (Stillborn) BATTJES, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1926)
• Cornelia van Surksum († 2009)
• Cecilia Catharina KAPTEIJN, Den Haag († 2020)
• van Vugt, Ulicoten
• Cariie Hannah Bohlen, Brookings, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2007)

• Alma Laura Taber (35), Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States of America
• Barbara Wilhelmina van de Sande (68), Stompwijk
• Armand Michel (73), Parijs, 75000, Frankrijk
• Barbara Wilhelmina van der Sande (68), Stompwijk
• Aaldert Fidom (1), Kloosterhaar
• Antonius Akkermans (80), Zegge
• Adriaan van Hoof (65), Oost-, West-en Middelbeers
• Alphonsus Hermans (43)
• Antonetta Bloks (84), Eindhoven
• de Groot (0), Rotterdam

• 1921 » Abe Vigoda, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic († 2011)
• 1922 » Steven Hill, American actor († 2016)
• 1924 » Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada († 2008)
• 1924 » Hal Herring, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1925 » Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1927 » Emmanuelle Riva, French actress († 2017)
• 1929 » Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler († 2006)
• 1930 » Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress († 2013)
• 1931 » Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer

• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)

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. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Dirk

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

• 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on February 24, 1926 was between 7.8 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.