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• Beatha Naemi Asp, Finland († 1988)
• Agneta Nathalia Bracke, Eeklo († 2000)
• Audrey Faun Quick, Paterson, New Jersey († 2010)
• Anneke Krenning, Utrecht († 1953)
• Alida Verhoeven († 2021)
• Antonius Johannes Kerkhof, Luijksgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Cornelia Assie, Zutphen († 2018)
• Alexander Dirk Neervoort, den Haag († 1967)
• Cornelia Kuijt, Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Arie de Geus, Stellendam († 2021)

• Albertus Lankamp (79), Almelo
• Albertus Luchjenbroers (58), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Akke Wiegers de Vries (81), Warga
• Adriana Krijgsman (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Maria van Koppen (1), Delft
• Alton Harrison Carlow (0), Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Snijder (38), Assendelft
• Anna Andersson (62)
• Angenieta Zandbergen (64), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Hubertus Poell (78), Echt

• 1923 » Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer († 2014)
• 1924 » Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer († 2007)
• 1924 » Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer († 1982)
• 1925 » Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer († 2014)
• 1926 » Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France
• 1927 » Doris Sams, American baseball player († 2012)
• 1927 » Stan Getz, American saxophonist († 1991)
• 1928 » Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy
• 1928 » Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer († 2013)
• 1928 » Tommy Harmer, English footballer, inside forward, youth team coach († 2007)

• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 » Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1939 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)

• 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.
• 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 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.

The temperature on February 2, 1926 was between 7.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.