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• Cornelia Roos († 1983)
• Douwe Bergsma, Joure, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Andre Hofstede († 1989)
• Delfina Antonia Josephina Meeusen, Breda († 1947)
• Felix Alphonsis Antonius Boden, Brustem, België († 1997)
• Frans Knol, Avereest († 2007)
• August Johan Falkmann, Hengelo († 2002)
• Anna Geertruida Wolbers, Emmen (Emmer Compascuum) († 1984)
• Delfina Antonia Josephina Meeusen, Breda, Noord-Brabnt, Nederland († 1947)
• Christina Versteeg († 2023)

• Charles F Davis (39), Metropolis, Massac, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Clementina VAN HECKE (87), Moortsele-Oosterzele
• (Stillborn) WIELSMA (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Bonne de Haan (71), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bonne Annes de Haan (71), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernard Heinrich REVERMANN (71), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend ter Horst (65), Hengelo
• Antonius Smits (63), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie den HEIJER (87), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Catharina Kolenberg (78), Haarzuilens, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1924 » Eileen Barton, American singer († 2006)
• 1924 » Lorne Munroe, Canadian-American cellist and educator
• 1925 » Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1925 » William F. Buckley, Jr., American publisher and author, founded the National Review († 2008)
• 1926 » Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 » Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian-French author and playwright († 2003)
• 1927 » Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor († 1999)
• 1927 » Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player († 2014)
• 1929 » Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist
• 1929 » George Moscone, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco († 1978)

• 1895 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Erskine Childers, Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
• 1943 » Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)

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.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• 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.)
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on November 24, 1926 was between 4.9 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.