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• Claude Johan Benedict Graaf Cornet d'Elzius de Chenoy, Brussel († 2009)
• Antonia Maria Schmidt, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Betty Jean Clark, Kansas († 1996)
• Benjamin Zwaaf, Amsterdam, N-Holl, NL († 1943)
• Aart in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt), Rotterdam, Nederland († 2000)
• Clarice Jean Rempe, Leighton, Mahaska County, Iowa († 1999)
• Beitske de Jong († 1996)
• Alfons Ballet, Zonhoven († 2011)
• Alida Langenberg († 2020)
• Alberdina Petronella van Erp, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1927)

• Augustine Welsink
• Adriana Elisabeth Honcoop (68), Ginneken en Bavel, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bardina ten Bohmer (Beumer, ten B�hmer) (64), Renkum, Nederland
• Antje Nijholt (53), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Beryl Moore (37), Wheeling, Ohio Co., WV
• Aaltje Baantjer (85), Amsterdam
• Barend Leonard Pieters Sytinga (0), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie BRAKEL, van (65), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arend Sleutel (64), Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Johanna Gulikers (0), Geulle, Meerssen

• 1922 » Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1923 » Maria Callas, American-Greek soprano and actress († 1977)
• 1924 » Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State († 2010)
• 1924 » Else Marie Pade, Danish composer († 2016)
• 1924 » Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor († 2012)
• 1924 » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1925 » Julie Harris, American actress († 2013)
• 1928 » Guy Bourdin, French photographer († 1991)
• 1929 » Dan Jenkins, American journalist and author († 2019)
• 1929 » Leon Litwack, American historian and author

• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)

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 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• 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.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

The temperature on December 2, 1926 was between -2.8 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.