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• Clemens Antonius Schumacher, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Barend Leonard Pieters Sytinga, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1926)
• Catharina Veld, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Barend Leonard Sitinga, Almelo
• Betty Jean Clark, Kansas († 1996)
• Benjamin Zwaaf, Amsterdam, N-Holl, NL († 1943)
• Clarice Jean Rempe, Leighton, Mahaska County, Iowa († 1999)
• Catharina Veld, Bergen († 1926)
• Anna Boogaard, Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Antoon Joseph Hocks, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1990)

• Antoinetta Elisabeth Slijkhuis (4), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Elisabeth Slijkhuis (4), Rotterdam
• Ate Bosma (82), Oldeboorn
• Antje Wessels Nijholt (53)
• Aantje van der Laan (82), Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benedito Carlos de Oliveira Valente (61), Monte Alegre do Sul, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adison Turner Rosenbalm (48), Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Louwsma (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Honcoop (68), Ginniken en Bavel
• Arie van Brakel (65), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 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)

• 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 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

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.