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• Dirk Gerrit de Bruin, Noordwijk († 1999)
• Antonius Johannes Kuijpers, Druten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Chris ten Katen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Aurelia Marie Scherer, Missouri († 2008)
• Don Emerson Houck, Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, United States († 2012)
• Antonius Petrus Stephanus Smits, Veldhoven († 1982)
• Anje Sinnema, Granum, Alberta, Canada († 2015)
• Anje ('Annie') Sinnema, Granum (Claresholm), AB, Canada († 2015)
• Bonne Ruijs, Dedemsvaart († 2015)
• Derk Bosma, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1927)

• Aria Hogenboom (64), Piershil, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Wilhelmina Catharina de Ridder (52), 's-Gravenhage
• Ariaantje Opmeer (74), Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Haandel (72), Boekel, Nederland
• Andries Gerritse Hoornweg (69), in Rotterdam, ZH., NL
• Anthonia van Krimpen (67), Haarlemmermeer
• Annegien Lieuwes Hoogenberg (66), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Kieboom (75), Raamsdonk
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Johanna Aarts (0), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus van Lierop (42), Hillegom-Zuid-Holland-Nederland

• 1922 » Richard Mayes, English actor († 2006)
• 1923 » Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor († 2013)
• 1924 » Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster († 2017)
• 1926 » Earle Brown, American composer († 2002)
• 1927 » Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1927 » Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian († 2000)
• 1927 » Denis Quilley, English actor († 2003)
• 1927 » Stu Miller, American baseball player († 2015)
• 1929 » Kathleen Crowley, American actress († 2017)
• 1929 » Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-French singer and actress

• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)

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 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.

The temperature on December 26, 1926 was between -4.4 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.