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• Albert Mertens, Hoogkerk, prov. Groningen († 1994)
• Aaltje Smit, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Moesdaan, Semarang, Jawa Tengah (Djawa Tengah), Indonesië († 2000)
• Berendina Pieters van Kammen, Zwaagwesteinde († 1996)
• Betty Larene CANNON, Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 1972)
• Barend Blits, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Bertha Lucile Wynia, Plymouth County, Iowa († 1995)
• Arno Alex Zimmermann, Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1997)
• Baukje Tichelaar, Easterbierum († 2009)
• Cornelis Hendrik Vulpen van, Doorn, Utr, Nederland († 1992)

• Anna, Maria, Wilhelmina Helsloot (24), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Claborne (Clayborn) Adams [sWks] (68), Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Aundia Mae McKenzie (11)
• Antoinette Marie Paris (61), Utrecht
• Adriana van Houdt (100), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Wiegmans (68), Alem
• Anna Josephina van Genabeek (54), Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Arendje van der Steen (74), Brielle, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Helsloot (24), Amsterdam
• Adriana van Houdt (100), Oud-Vossemeer (100jr)

• 1921 » George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter († 1977)
• 1923 » Jeanne Block, American psychologist († 1981)
• 1923 » John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company († 2000)
• 1924 » Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia († 2013)
• 1925 » Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor († 2014)
• 1925 » Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Afghan politician
• 1926 » Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler († 2010)
• 1926 » Willis Carto, American activist and theorist († 2015)
• 1928 » Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1929 » Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician and academic

• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)

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 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on July 17, 1926 was between 11.4 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.