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• Conrado Waldvogel, Santos, São Paulo, Brasil († 1998)
• Cornelis Martinus Maijenburg, Wilnis († 1970)
• Catharina Nicola *, Steenwijkerwold († 1998)
• Anna Gubits, Lackenbach, Oostenrijk († 2002)
• "Johannes" Gabriel Franz Georg Maria von Kesselstatt, Dodenburg, Allemagne († 2015)
• Eelkje Kloosterman, Kollumerland († 2020)
• Alexander VRANKEN, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant († 1926)
• Antonius Claessen, Eigenbilzen (B) († 2004)
• Boyd Edgar Meeks, Arkansas († 1986)
• Annie Slaats, Geldrop, Nederland († 2004)

• Aaltje Pieterson (71), Meppel
• Anne Houtsma (63), Harlingen
• Bartje Wijmpje Meeboer (71), Putten, Nederland
• Akke Visser (35), Sneek Sint Anthonius Ziekenhuis
• Arend den Hertog (89), Gouda
• Adriana Pijnenburg (77), Helvoirt
• Adriana Pijnenburg (77), Helvoirt, Nederland
• Berend Seip (85), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje NOL (73), Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Grootemate (87), Forest Grove, Township of Laporte, Union County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1923 » Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach († 2017)
• 1923 » Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic († 2003)
• 1923 » Dorothy Hewett, Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright († 2002)
• 1923 » Vernon Biever, American photographer († 2010)
• 1924 » Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist († 1999)
• 1926 » Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet († 2005)
• 1927 » Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian († 1959)
• 1927 » Péter Zwack, Hungarian businessman and diplomat († 2012)
• 1928 » Alice Drummond, American actress († 2016)
• 1928 » Tom Donahue, American radio host and producer († 1975)

• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
• 1920 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)

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 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on May 21, 1926 was between 7.6 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.