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• Eeuwe Tentij, 's Gravenhage († 2008)
• Clifford Jay Gritter, Prosper, Falmouth, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Elisabeth van Ormondt, Amsterdam († 1983)
• Alan Curtis King, Rice Lake, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Alfred Emmanuel Allen Eccleston, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica († 2018)
• Dorothy Kelley, Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Anna Helena Geertruida (Leentje) Hemmen, Tweede Oomsberg († 2004)
• Annie (Ans) Wensink, Velsen NHO († 2005)
• Egbertha Johanna Grüntjes, Rijkevoort, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Beno Pestman, Schildwolde (gem. Slochteren) († 1945)

• Aleida Berendina van Halteren (83), Winterswijk
• Albert Jong (64), Amsterdam
• Adriana Johanna Signon (63), Delft
• Anna Maria Sibilla Greven (66), Nieuwenhagen (L
• Anna Theresia Steynen (64), Herentals
• Anthoni van Weert (83), Drunen (Heusden), Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Albert Adams Slottje (85), Utingeradeel
• Anne Klazes Jellema (37), Aalsum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana BLOM (71), 's Gravenmoer
• Adriana Catharina Kok (91), Twisk (Medemblik)

• 1924 » Husein Mehmedov, Bulgarian-Turkish wrestler and coach († 2014)
• 1924 » Lou Groza, American football player and coach († 2000)
• 1924 » Speedy West, American guitarist and producer († 2003)
• 1925 » Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter († 1992)
• 1925 » Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster († 2014)
• 1926 » Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach († 2010)
• 1927 » Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist († 1994)
• 1928 » Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer and manager († 2006)
• 1928 » Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia († 2014)
• 1928 » Jérôme Choquette, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2017)

• 1900 » Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1835)
• 1907 » René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
• 1908 » Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (b. 1850)
• 1908 » Ouida, English-Italian author (b. 1839)
• 1910 » W. G. Read Mullan, American Jesuit and academic (1860)
• 1912 » Dmitry Milyutin, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1816)
• 1925 » Juan Vucetich, Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (b. 1858)
• 1939 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (b. 1899)
• 1949 » Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician, 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861)

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.)
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on January 25, 1926 was between 5.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.