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• Corstiaantje Spaans, Scheveningen († 2017)
• Arnold Albert Schulte, Amsterdam († 2007)
• Annie Martina Swiers, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1928)
• Albert (Ap) Muis, Oldemarkt († 2006)
• Bernadina Johanna Hendrika Rijntjes, Gendringen († 1999)
• Adrianus Noordam, 's-Gravenhage († 2009)
• Arlys Rafdal, Faribault († 1986)
• Clara Antonia Josephine († 2001)
• Cornelis Adrianus Petrus Gerardus van de Wouw, Tilburg († 1984)
• Antonius Hermanus Hagen, Twello († 1992)

• Arie Schouten (66), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• cornelis gerrit noomen (42), Kethel en Spaland (schiedam)
• Aafke Rinderts Hoogakker (69), Ferwerd
• Arie Gerrit VAN WAASBERGEN (23)
• Annie Katherine Wells Gary (73)
• Antje Johannes van Dijk (76), De Wilp
• Cornelis van Alten (86), Axel
• Arendine Ludolphine Wichers (72), Sneek
• Benedictus Heuvinck (81), Denderbelle
• Hendrik van Weverwijk (77), Veldhuizen

• 1925 » Armand Mouyal, Algerian-French fencer and police officer († 1988)
• 1925 » Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1925 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian and actor († 1966)
• 1925 » Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2013)
• 1926 » Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach († 2012)
• 1926 » Killer Kowalski, American wrestler († 2008)
• 1926 » Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist († 2002)
• 1926 » Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist († 2013)
• 1927 » Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer († 2020)
• 1927 » Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey († 1993)

• 1905 » Henry Irving, English actor and manager (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (b. 1849)
• 1911 » Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian social worker, author, and educator (b. 1867)
• 1917 » Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888)
• 1919 » Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
• 1930 » T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
• 1945 » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)

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.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

The temperature on October 13, 1926 was between 10.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.