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• Catharina Anna Harsveld, Velsen Noord († 2019)
• Antonius,Simon,Petrus de Ruijter, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Charles Benson († 1975)
• Arie Willem van Beekum, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Dirk Hovestad, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Albert J. Marguillier, Veulen, België († 2004)
• Arend Leendert Vermeer, Schiedam († 1986)
• Cecil Leander Moran, alabama († 1979)
• Catharina Antonia (Toos) van Hoogstraten, Den Bosch († 1994)
• Dean Raymond Schultheis, Mitchell, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2011)

• Berndina Cornelia Kasteel (14), Arnhem (GEL)
• Albert Gerrits de Vries (69), Drachten, Gemeente Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonius Josephus Jacobus Everts (98), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arent Boer (66), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert de Vries (69), Opeinde
• Anthonie van der Heijden (54), Waalwijk
• Aaltje Cornelis Bout (84), Huizen
• Louis Mari Johannes Immink (72), Haarlem
• Antonius Bernardus Tenfelde (0)
• Abraham Izaak Beeres (33), Waterlandkerkje, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1922 » Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter († 2020)
• 1922 » George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1924 » Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian († 2011)
• 1924 » Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada († 1980)
• 1925 » Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer († 2007)
• 1926 » Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2015)
• 1926 » Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics († 2009)
• 1927 » Jim Simpson, American sportscaster († 2016)
• 1927 » Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea († 2015)
• 1927 » Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician († 2016)

• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)

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 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• 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 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on December 20, 1926 was between 1.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.