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• cecilia wilhelmina (cila) van lier, helden († 1992)
• Betty Jean († 1989)
• Derk Veling, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2024)
• Cila van Lier, Helden († 1992)
• Christina Ruis, Hardinxveld († 2001)
• Adriana"Aad" Verkaik, Capelle aan den IJssel († 2012)
• Boniface Edward Kuntz, Towner, McHenry County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Alan Rex EASTLEY († 2019)
• Dirk Vliek, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1927)
• Anna Maria Theresia (Annie) Kruize, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2014)

• Akke Elzinga (Elsinga) (73), Sneek Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Poel (49), Leens, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Adriaan van Fessem (73), Made en Drimmelen
• Adrianus Das (0), Valkenswaard
• Anneke Lieuwes Knossen (69), Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Koppen (71), Den Helder
• Antje Koppen (71), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albina Krausová (57)
• Berendina Vredegoor (77), Zutphen
• Berardus Johannes Bles (50), 's-Gravenhage, NL

• 1922 » Philip "Fyvush" Finkel, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic († 1997)
• 1922 » Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer († 2010)
• 1923 » Donald Sinden, English actor († 2014)
• 1924 » Arnie Risen, American basketball player († 2012)
• 1924 » Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier († 1957)
• 1926 » Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer († 2015)
• 1927 » John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands
• 1928 » Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator († 2016)
• 1930 » Hank Lauricella, American football player, lieutenant, and politician († 2014)

• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)

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.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

The temperature on October 9, 1926 was between 10.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.