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• Areke Jacoba de Jong, Heukelem, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Clarence Leonard Wemple, Chicago IL († 2002)
• Albertus Johannes Driessen, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1998)
• Albert Cheesebro, Pulaski, Jackson County, MI possibly († 1984)
• Bieuwke Sander, Garnwerd gem. Winsum († 2007)
• albertus johannes (bert) driessen, helden-grashoek († 1998)
• Calvin William Riebkes, German Twp., Grundy Co., IA († 1981)
• Catherine Constance "Kitty" Palaia, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Albert Slot, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen († 1931)
• Adrianus Theodorus Gelton, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1995)

• Albert Nijenhuis (66), Giethoorn
• Antje de Geus (75), Uitgeest
• Alphonsus Van Gremmegen (48), Antwerpen
• Elisabeth Philippart (58), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Berkel (68), Bloemendaal
• * Levenloos kind (0), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, NL
• Cornelis van Weerden (23), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Strijker (1), Velsen-Noord, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Hop (15), Ede
• Christina Arts (73), Nijmegen

• 1925 » June Christy, American singer († 1990)
• 1925 » Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director († 2015)
• 1925 » Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General († 1968)
• 1926 » Édouard Leclerc, French businessman and entrepreneur († 2012)
• 1926 » John Gardner, English soldier and author († 2007)
• 1926 » Miroslav Tichý, Czech photographer († 2011)
• 1926 » Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general († 2013)
• 1927 » Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2008)
• 1927 » Estelle Parsons, American actress and director
• 1927 » Vakhtang Balavadze, Georgian wrestler († 2018)

• 1918 » John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b.1882)
• 1923 » Allen Holubar, American actor and director
• 1924 » Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman and the father of the Football Association and modern football (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Alexandra of Denmark, queen of England (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Bill Holland, American track and field athlete (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Augustine Birrell, British politician (b. 1815)
• 1934 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » John Jellicoe, Royal Navy officer (b. 1859)
• 1936 » Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

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 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• 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.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on November 20, 1926 was between 5.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.