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• ALeida Hendrika Geels, Enschede († 2004)
• Adri Jannetje Cornelia Biesheuvel, Dordrecht († 2002)
• Anna Pelders, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriaantje Dirksje van der WAAL, Numansdorp († 2013)
• Antonia Johanna SPRONG, Everdingen († 2002)
• Arend Lefferts, Uffelte († 1927)
• Anna Helena Maria Bierman, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Beverly Anne Jongewaard, Sioux Center, Iowa (USA) († 2006)
• Agnes Apolonia Maria van der Lubbe, Den Haag († 2013)
• Adriana Elisabeth Wilhelmina van Geloven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)

• Arie van Steenis (80), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Bernardus Menke (49), Groningen, Groningen, Pays-Bas
• Anna Maria Schuit (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Johanna van Leendert (0), venlo
• Anna Straathof (86), Rijnsaterwoude
• Antje Cornelia Van Hemsbergen (5), Leeuwarden
• Albertus Berendinus Janssen (38), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Poldervaart (0), rotterdam, Nederland
• Abraham Gerrit Krol (0), Naaldwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertt Albert Blok (52), Haarlem

• 1922 » Don Hewitt, American journalist and producer, created 60 Minutes († 2009)
• 1922 » Junior J. Spurrier, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1984)
• 1922 » Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)
• 1923 » Gerard Reve, Dutch-Belgian author and poet († 2006)
• 1924 » Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer († 1988)
• 1925 » Sam Jones, American baseball player († 1971)
• 1927 » Koos Rietkerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior († 1986)
• 1927 » Richard Cassilly, American tenor and actor († 1998)
• 1929 » Ron Jarden, New Zealand rugby player († 1977)
• 1930 » David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist († 2013)

• 1912 » Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Phil Waller, Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)
• 1920 » George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)

• 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.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• 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 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.

The temperature on December 14, 1926 was between 1.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.