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• de Groot, Rotterdam († 1926)
• Bernie Richard FOPMA, Lynnville Jasper County Iowa U.S.A († 1987)
• Adrianus van Helden, nieuw-beijerland (zuid holland) († 1986)
• Beulah Irene Norville, Illinois, United States of America († 1990)
• Allie Oosting, Odoornerveen Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1997)
• a.h. (toon) meevis, meijel († 2005)
• Anna Korevaar, Corsica (Douglas), South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Cornelia van Surksum († 2009)
• Anna Adriana Vliet, Leiden († 2006)
• Annabel Russ, Ìowa († 1989)

• Alijda van der Veer (68), Amersfoort
• Asdrubal Augusto do Nascimento (72), São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaldert van den Heuvel (55), Venlo
• Akkemina van Cingel (54), Eexta (gem. Oldambt)
• Annigje Koerts Groote (85), Emmen
• (Stillborn) BATTJES (0), Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A
• Alijda van der Veer (68), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Koerts Groote (85), Emmen
• Barbara Wilhelmina van der Sande (68), Stompwijk
• Antje Hiddes SMIDS (77)

• 1921 » Abe Vigoda, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic († 2011)
• 1922 » Steven Hill, American actor († 2016)
• 1924 » Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada († 2008)
• 1924 » Hal Herring, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1925 » Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1927 » Emmanuelle Riva, French actress († 2017)
• 1929 » Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler († 2006)
• 1930 » Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress († 2013)
• 1931 » Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer

• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)

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 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.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on February 24, 1926 was between 7.8 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.