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• Albert A. Kaufman, Buffalo, NY
• Anna Martha (Annie) Spigt, Texel, Nederland († 2004)
• Adriana Henrica (Sjaan) BEEX, Veldhoven (NL/NB) († 2022)
• Adelbertus Schouten († 1929)
• Antonia Maria Berghuis, Heeten gem. Raalte († 2002)
• Elfriede Selinger, Gronau, Duitsland († 1995)
• Alida Francina Paardekooper, Noordwijkerhout († 2015)
• Alphonsus Maria van den Borne, Ravels (B) († 1964)
• Arnolda Hooijmans, Driel († 1998)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw, Breda (N.B.) († 1996)

• Catharina Maria Matze (19), Waddinxveen
• Antje Tjitzes Bijlsma (74), Doezum, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Eijkelenburg (64), Rotterdam
• Abigail Marian "Abbie" Banks (78), Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Augustus Reginaldus Druant (79), Poperinge (BE)
• Christine Gietmann (20), Kleinhau, Düren, Deutschland
• Afra Maria Schouten (1), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christine Gietmann (20), Kleinhau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Carolus Ludovicus Van den Bosch (24), Bornem
• Antonia van de Ven (53), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1922 » Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer († 2015)
• 1922 » José Saramago, Portuguese novelist († 2010)
• 1924 » Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach († 2014)
• 1924 » Sam Farber, American businessman († 2013)
• 1927 » Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1928 » Clu Gulager, American actor and director
• 1929 » Peter Boizot, English businessman († 2018)
• 1930 » Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic († 2013)
• 1930 » Paul Foytack, American baseball player
• 1930 » Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss († 2017)

• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (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.
• January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on November 16, 1926 was between 8.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.