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• Bernardus Christianus Wilhelmus Van Gestel, Breda (Noord-Brabant, Nederland) († 1998)
• Berend Klomp, Veenoord, Sleen († 1944)
• Alberdina Wilhelmona MONSTER, Rotterdam († 1963)
• Claude Chantal Sybille Pauline Marie PIRLOT de CORBION, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Arie Reedijk, Rotterdam († 1968)
• Albertha (= Bep ) Hoeve, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Colleen Rose Geddes, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States († 2008)
• Berbera Moerman, Willemstad († 2003)
• Christina ten Brink, Groningen († 2017)
• Anton Willem Marie Wiercx, Schoten, Haarlem († 2005)

• Aaltje Dirks Anjema (74), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aartjen van der Koot (79), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida de Winter (44), Gilze-Rijen
• Albert Eding (52), Valthe, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clara Rosamond Carter (63), Curramulka, Yorke Peninsular, South Australia
• Antonia Pieternella Nagel (50), Weltevreden, Java (Ned. Indië)
• Carolina Heijnen (3), Deurne, Deurne en Liessel
• Cornelia Pietrnla Groeneveld (54), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Geertruida de Winter (44), Gilze en Rijen
• Arend Hendrik Snoek (1), Amsterdam

• 1923 » Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2015)
• 1925 » Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer († 2003)
• 1926 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader († 1965)
• 1926 » Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1926 » Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist († 2001)
• 1926 » Jack McDuff, American singer and organist († 2001)
• 1926 » Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal († 2007)
• 1927 » George Blanda, American football player († 2010)
• 1928 » Park Honan, American author and academic († 2014)
• 1928 » Roddy McDowall, English-American actor († 1998)

• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)

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. Trijntje

• 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.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.

The temperature on September 17, 1926 was between 7.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.