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• Clement Peeters, Geel (B), België († 2001)
• Anton Oostewechel († 1999)
• Bron, Deil West Betuwe (GL) († 1926)
• Bessie Louise Amon, Lansing, Michigan († 1932)
• Antonius Maria Cortenbach, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1997)
• Cobi van Hulst († 2016)
• Anne Kroek, Kloosterhaar († 1926)
• Bernard, Herman, Johan Caarls, Utrecht († 1994)
• Adolphina Jacoba van Maren, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Anna Maria Catharina Bogers, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)

• Arie Otsen (66), Amsterdam
• Antje Denkema (83), Lutjegast, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Abram Doeves (68), Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Antje van Assen (62), Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Abram Doeves (68), Zaandam
• Arie Otsen (66), Amsterdam
• Albertje Timmer (89), Scheemda
• Anna Maria Hubertina Slangen (77), Echt
• Anna Marie Belet (66), Sint-Truiden, België
• (2) Julius Detavernier (58), Lauwe (W-VL) België

• 1923 » Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach († 2013)
• 1923 » Horace Ashenfelter, American runner († 2018)
• 1923 » Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author († 1996)
• 1924 » Frank Lautenberg, American soldier, businessman, and politician († 2013)
• 1925 » Marty Paich, American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor († 1995)
• 1926 » Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician († 2012)
• 1927 » Fred Williams, Australian painter († 1982)
• 1927 » Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer († 1994)
• 1928 » Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1928 » Jeanne Moreau, French actress († 2017)

• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)

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 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 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on January 23, 1926 was between 0.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.