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• Aurelia Engelina van Putten, Dennenoord, Zuidlaren († 1996)
• Arnoldus Johannes van Heemskerken, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1927)
• Adrianus Henricus (Jos) Coppelmans, Waalre, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
• Adriaan van Westen, Rotterdam († 1963)
• Carolus Geyselings, Herenthout, België († 1927)
• Anton Schelbert, Muotathal, Schwyz, Switzerland († 2003)
• albert Snoek, Urk († 1968)
• Afra Anna Broers, Benningbroek
• Cornelia Helena Bal, Scheveningen († 2012)
• Alberdina de Neef, Amsterdam († 1978)

• Charles H. Vananda (70), Springfield,Clark Co.,Ohio,United States
• Catharina van 't Leengoed (68), Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Columbus Andrew Williams (75)
• Schobben, Nijmegen
• Baron Franz of Heereman van Zuydwyck (59), Sorgau
• Alphonse Maximiliaan Crassee (70)
• Christiaan Volkert van Valkenburg (79), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Floris van der Hoeven (76), Sprang Capelle
• Clara Elisabeth Justina Schlatmann (74), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Arthur Wilford (75), Sint-Joost-ten-Node, Brussels Hoofdst.Gewest, Belgium

• 1923 » Günther Schifter, Austrian journalist and radio host († 2008)
• 1923 » James Stockdale, American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2005)
• 1923 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver († 1954)
• 1924 » Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician († 2013)
• 1925 » Duncan Hallas, English author and politician († 2002)
• 1925 » Rayner Unwin, English publisher († 2000)
• 1926 » Harold Dorman, American rock & roll singer-songwriter († 1988)
• 1926 » Robert Bly, American poet and essayist
• 1929 » Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer († 1988)
• 1929 » Dick Weber, American professional bowler († 2005)

• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)

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.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• 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.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.

The temperature on December 23, 1926 was between -2.7 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.