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• Prummel, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1926)
• Adrianus van der Lugt († 2013)
• Antonia Berdina de Wijs († 2002)
• Anthony Facciolo, Rome Oneida, New York († 2000)
• Carolus Franciscus Gerardus Burcksen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Alice Wouters, Hoeselt († 2020)
• Reiners, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Constantia Wolters, Echt († 1999)
• Antonius van Dommelen, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Antonio OR Antoni Cornelis (Anton) van Kan, Rotterdam († 2000)

• Adam Ditmar (78), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Prummel (0), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida HOLLEBOOM (68), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Gijsel (67), Zuiddorpe (NL)
• Krebbers (0), Nijmegen
• Alsenius Emilius van HOLDER (1), Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aalbert van Rhenes (33), Echteld
• Anna Permelia Gable (85), McCormick County, South Carolina, United States of America
• Adrianus Petrus Kalker (2), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Clara Nagels (33), Schriek

• 1922 » Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian († 1994)
• 1923 » Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima († 1955)
• 1924 » Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver and businessman († 1998)
• 1925 » Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor († 1990)
• 1926 » Morton Feldman, American composer and academic († 1987)
• 1926 » Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1928 » Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress († 2006)
• 1929 » Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic
• 1929 » Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician († 2015)
• 1930 » Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded Tim Hortons († 1974)

• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)

• 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 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• 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 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.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

The temperature on January 12, 1926 was between -5.6 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.