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• "Ferdinand Maria" Immaculata Joseph Martin Hubert zu Stolberg-Stolberg († 1998)
• Elwood R Oihus († 1969)
• Cornelis Balke, Baarn († 1957)
• Dorris I Stewart, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England († 2020)
• Doodgeboren kind Brands, Tilburg († 1926)
• Carl Winfield Kraus, Nanticoke (Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA) († 2004)
• Dymphna Maria Koijen, Chaam († 2010)
• Dina Koijen, Chaam († 2010)
• Cornelis Elisabeth Hendricus van der Zalm, Noordwijk († 1996)
• Antonia Touw, Rotterdam († 1969)

• Arend Jan Nijland (85), Stad Delden
• Adriana Cornelia Wtenweerde (77), Randwijk, Nederland
• Alida Bakker (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Arts, Reek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vries (70)
• Anna Maria Apolonis Frederika SIMONIS (78), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Valstar (80), ,, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Valstar (80), Loosduinen
• Adriana Steen (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Nijland (85), Delden, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1923 » Dewey Martin, American actor († 2018)
• 1924 » Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic († 2015)
• 1925 » Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author and poet († 2000)
• 1925 » Jimmy Smith, American organist († 2005)
• 1925 » Nasir Kazmi, Pakistani Urdu poet († 1972)
• 1925 » Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer († 1990)
• 1927 » Niklas Luhmann, German thinker and social theorist († 1998)
• 1927 » Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1928 » Bill Hewitt, Canadian journalist and sportscaster († 1996)
• 1928 » Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic († 2012)

• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843)
• 1937 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Friedrich Glauser, Swiss author (b. 1896)

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 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• 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.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on December 8, 1926 was between 2.9 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.