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• Catharina D. Hoebergen, Meijel, L. Nederland († 2009)
• Apollonia Broekhuizen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Annie Vrijenhoek, Yogjakarta, Indonesie († 2001)
• Christina Johanna Theresia (Stien) Siers, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland († 2017)
• Arleen L van den Bergh, Bellevue, Brown county, Wisconsin (USA) († 2017)
• Beeuwkje Westerbeek († 1995)
• Coenraad Hendrik DILLEN, Strijp, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Adriana Martina Maria Holierhoek, Delft († 1926)
• Bonita Mae Fee, Harlan County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Cornelis Wolters, Hoensbroek, LI Netherlands († 2011)

• Cornelia van Vlaanderen (83), Westbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Lamens (33), Nootdorp
• Charles Duggan (83), Cranlome, Killeshill, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Adriana Catharina Hazenoot (61), Velsen
• Barend KRAAL (61), Amersfoort, Nederland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagniesje van der Goot (80)
• Cornelia Vlaanderen (83), Westbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Veenstra (1), Emmen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Klokgieters (72), Den Haag
• Addie Umstead Tyson\Doors (72), Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

• 1924 » Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1924 » Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1924 » Frederic Morton, Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author († 2015)
• 1924 » José Donoso, Chilean author († 1996)
• 1925 » Antoine Gizenga, Congolese politician († 2019)
• 1925 » Gail Davis, American actress († 1997)
• 1925 » Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter
• 1925 » Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota († 2015)
• 1926 » Avraham Adan, Israeli general († 2012)
• 1926 » Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator († 1979)

• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)
• 1936 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)

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 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on October 5, 1926 was between 8.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.