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• Cornelis "Kees" van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Anne Herweyer († 2017)
• Charles Richard Brant, Clinton County, IN († 1927)
• Christiaan Schonewille, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen († 1993)
• Aagje Andeweg, Rotterdam († 1927)
• Andrew J. Haagsma, Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Anna van Toorenburg
• Alfred C Rose, New York, United States († 2004)
• Alma Bach, Port Chester, Rye, Westchester, New York († 2016)
• Christiaan (Chris) Schonewille, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld) († 1993)

• Abraham Lewkowitz (89), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Augustinus Strijd (65), Den Haag
• Catharina Maria van Houten (60), Heemstede
• Alida Geertruida Snel (26), Bunnik
• "Elisabeth" Philomène Marie Antoinette Cottu (34), château de Limanton, Nièvre, France
• David Duimel (67), Rotterdam
• Antonette Maria Tecla Belderbos (66), Amsterdam
• Antonette Maria Tecla Belderbos (66)
• Aaltje Verbeet (84), Rotterdam
• Lelij, Avenhorn

• 1925 » Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior († 2012)
• 1925 » Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect
• 1925 » Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler († 2004)
• 1925 » Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher († 2015)
• 1926 » Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor
• 1926 » Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic († 1987)
• 1926 » Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter
• 1926 » Nita Bieber, American actress († 2019)
• 1927 » Kurt Masur, German conductor and educator († 2015)
• 1927 » Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer († 2012)

• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
• 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)

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 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• 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.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on July 18, 1926 was between 11.4 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.