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• Cornelis Hendrik Jan Steenhoven van der, Werkendam Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Coenraad Kamphuis, Putten († 1945)
• Adriana Petronella NOORLANDER, Den Helder († 1998)
• Christina Jakobs, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• AimŽ BENOIT, Vergze,30310,Gard,Languedoc-Roussillon,FRANCE († 1983)
• Bastiaantje De Jong, Pernis († 1935)
• Aaltje Bosch († 2019)
• Bert Mills McCallum, Bowen, Queensland, Australia († 2010)
• van Zanten Solleveld, 's-Gravenhage
• Alice Johanna ten Brink, Banjoewangi, N.I († 1997)

• Agnes Elisabeth Lentz (43), Bocholtz, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van Tiem (91), Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catherine Nugent (63), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• "Friederike Sophie" Marie Henriette Amelie Therese von Hannover (78), Biarritz
• Catherina Lambertina Maria (Kitty) MEUWESE (19), Zierikzee
• Arie Bijl van der . (30), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina van der Mierden (0), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy (66), Malèves-Sainte-Marie-Wastines, Perwez, Belgique
• Baron Willem Gustaaf Jacob Van Boetzelaer (64)
• Anna Cornelia Verbraak (87), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1923 » Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1923 » Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1923 » Linda Darnell, American actress († 1965)
• 1924 » Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor († 2014)
• 1925 » Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer
• 1926 » Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO
• 1927 » Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1928 » Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress († 2016)
• 1928 » Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian († 2010)
• 1929 » Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress

• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)

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 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• 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.

The temperature on October 16, 1926 was between 5.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.