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• Arnold Gerrit (Nol) Biemond († 2006)
• Alida Veffer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Doris Lee Buckner, Kansas City († 1995)
• Arie Visser, St-Pancras († 2013)
• Aaldert Doldersum, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2023)
• Arend Mulder, Ermelo († 1998)
• Doodgeboren zoon Luiten, Zoetermeer († 1926)
• Célia Barbosa Hoffmann, São Paulo, Brasil († 2017)
• Albertus Jacobus HONCOOP, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aartje Gerritje de Vos, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)

• Aaltje Paap (74), Zandvoort
• *Maria Elisabeth Kil (34), Enschede
• Anna Susanna Giesen (39), Oldenzaal
• Ardina Strik (48), Geffen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Joan van Nouhuys (59)
• Aart Tiggelaven (82), Hoevelaken
• Berend Garrit Jan Olthof (0), Vorden
• Ardina Strik (48), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Jansen (0), Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Akke de Vries (80), Thij (Steenwijkerwold)

• 1923 » Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut († 1998)
• 1923 » Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2010)
• 1924 » Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish soldier, engineer, and judge († 2000)
• 1924 » Anna Elisabeth (Lise) Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician († 1996)
• 1925 » Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1927 » Hank Ballard, American R&B singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1927 » Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author († 2014)
• 1928 » Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines († 2004)
• 1928 » Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1929 » Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator († 2013)

• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)

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. Mary

• 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.
• 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.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on November 18, 1926 was between 9.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.