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• Bruce Andre TRANUM, Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Cornelia Adriana Kloet, Noordwelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1926)
• Bernadete Michels, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1927)
• Carl Gregor Eduard Stockmann, Rijswijk († 2022)
• Aleida Katharina Theresia Coenen, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Crombez, Bikschote († 1994)
• Carl R Shankweiler, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States († 2009)
• Jan Riekele Beckman († 2006)
• Antonetta Petronella Kuijpers, Den Dungen († 1994)
• van der Jagt, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1926)

• Antonia van Delft (83), Waalwijk
• Anna Maria de Bruijn (73), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia de HOON (65), Oudenbosch,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Antje Neuteboom (56), Ferweradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Gertruidis Delnoije (74), Gulpen-Wittem (Wittem) (Limburg)
• Anna Gertrudis DELNOIJE (74), Gulpen, Nederland, Limburg, Wittem
• Anna Doornbos (14), Grand Rapids (Itasca, Minnesota, USA)
• Alberdina Folmering (81), Bemmel
• Albertus van STEKELENBURG (57), Boxtel, 3374, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes de Kever (0), utrecht

• 1923 » Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright († 2015)
• 1923 » Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper († 2015)
• 1925 » Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1925 » Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet († 2012)
• 1925 » Klaus Roth, British mathematician († 2015)
• 1925 » Robert Hardy, English actor († 2017)
• 1925 » Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer († 1985)
• 1926 » Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor († 2015)
• 1926 » Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey († 2011)
• 1927 » Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player

• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1933 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)
• 1936 » Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)

• 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.
• January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.

The temperature on October 29, 1926 was between 3.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.