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• Charles Robert Combest [Wk FwktBu], Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma († 2004)
• Adriaan Versteeg, Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Bastiaantje van der Zouwen, Ameide († 1984)
• Baxter George de Haas, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Alexander Meijer, Musselkanaal (NL) († 1988)
• Antonia van Steen, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Allan Harold DeBlaey, Holland Township, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin († 2014)
• Anna Senden, Bocholtz († 2004)
• Anna Derksen, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Antonius Johannes Maria van de Hulsbeek, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)

• Anthonia de Haas (73), Eck en Wiel, Maurik
• Antje Tuinzaad (53), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sauerbreij (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharinus Donker (79), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Debora Jacoba Maria van Leeuwen (61), Amsterdam
• Auke Reinders van der Schaaf (89), Sioux Center Sioux County Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• (80), Roeselare
• Auke Reinderts van der Schaaf (89), Sioux Center, Sioux County (Iowa)
• Aaltje Kuiper (75), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anje Martens Dijk (91), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1922 » Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1922 » Teala Loring, American actress († 2007)
• 1923 » Robert Kuok, Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor
• 1923 » Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author († 2015)
• 1925 » Shana Alexander, American journalist and author († 2005)
• 1927 » Bill King, American sportscaster († 2005)
• 1928 » Barbara Werle, American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1929 » George Mattos, American pole vaulter († 2012)
• 1930 » Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria († 2000)
• 1930 » Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2015)

• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
• 1959 » Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (b. 1865)

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.
• January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• 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.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on October 6, 1926 was between 7.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.