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• Angela Barbara Wyndham Lewis, St. Pancras, London, Engeland († 2000)
• Andrew Martin Marcinko Jr, Mount Pleasant PA († 2006)
• Andreas Petrus Snijders Blok, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Cornelis Reijnders, Castricum († 2000)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Deudekom, Velsen († 2009)
• Aaltje v Donkersgoed, Beekbergen († 1941)
• Catharina Johanna (Wilma) Smorenburg, Long Beach, Californië, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Clorine PARKER († 1993)
• Alida van der Ploeg, Voorhout († 2015)
• Albert Willem Aalderink, Steenderen († 2013)

• Cornelis Vosgezang (20), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis van Zantvoort (17), Leende, Nederland
• Berend Haak (87), Groningen
• Agatha Bos (57), Alkmaar
• Alice Josephine Dickens (68), Bellevue, Iowa
• Adriana Alblas (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam van der Luit (0), Oegstgeest
• Catharina van der Hoorn (2)
• Adriana Maria Bol (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Broekema (70), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1922 » Patrick Macnee, English-American actor and costume designer († 2015)
• 1923 » Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager († 1981)
• 1924 » Billy Wright, English footballer and manager († 1994)
• 1924 » Jin Yong, Hong Kong author and publisher, founded Ming Pao († 2018)
• 1925 » Walker Edmiston, American actor and puppeteer († 2007)
• 1927 » Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer († 1992)
• 1928 » Allan H. Meltzer, American economist and academic († 2017)
• 1929 » Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian, invented the tranquilliser gun († 2008)
• 1929 » Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan author and critic († 2011)
• 1929 » Valentin Yanin, Russian historian and author († 2020)

• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)

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.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on February 6, 1926 was between 6.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.