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• Arnaud de Sevin, Châteauroux, Indre, France († 1987)
• Andreas Radau, Grunenberg, Braunsberg, Ostpreußen († 1944)
• Adriana (Jeanne) van Vessem, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2018)
• Edgard Remi Meersschaut, Munte († 2007)
• Derk Schepers, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Andries de Jong, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Egbertje Hummel, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 2024)
• Elisabeth Petronella van der Putten, Asten († 1989)
• Cornelis Lemmen, Gorinchem († 2010)
• Albert Johannes Kerkhof, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 2005)

• Aron Adolf Wachsmann (81), Košice, Košice Region, Slovakia
• Anna Martina Jansen (73), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bouktje de Vries (60), Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharinus Annen (0), Hoogeveen
• Albert Pieters Boersma (57), Gauw, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• * Geertje Bisschop (83), Sliedrecht
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van den Boogaard (0), Ter Aar (Papenveer)
• Adriana Cornelia van Ast (0), Zonnemaire
• Carl Andrew Kannegieter (3), Kalamazoo Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Joseph Richard Wells (42), Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1923 » Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer († 2016)
• 1924 » Geraldine Page, American actress and singer († 1987)
• 1924 » Les Johnson, Australian politician († 2015)
• 1925 » Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor († 2015)
• 1925 » Jerrie Mock, American pilot († 2014)
• 1926 » Arthur Jones, American businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation († 2007)
• 1926 » Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach († 2007)
• 1927 » Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author († 2008)
• 1927 » Steven Muller, German-American scholar and academic († 2013)
• 1928 » Tim Beaumont, English priest and politician († 2008)

• 1913 » Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Jack London, American novelist and journalist (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Teoberto Maler, Italian-German archaeologist and explorer (b. 1842)
• 1919 » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852)
• 1920 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1926 » Darvish Khan, Iranian tar player (b. 1872)
• 1932 » William Walker Atkinson, American merchant, lawyer, and author (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1943 » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895)
• 1944 » Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)

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.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• 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 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

The temperature on November 22, 1926 was between 5.4 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.