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• Albertha Theresia Kuipers, Lonneker († 2011)
• Aagtje Uil, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Adrianus Johannes Poot, Schiedam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Alexander GIJBELS, Grote-Brogel,3990,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2001)
• Antonius Johannes Marie Roovers, Grave († 1928)
• Annetje Boeve, Barneveld († 2009)
• Alfred Francis GAMMELL, Los Angeles Los Angeles County Califorina U.S.A († 2012)
• Overgaag, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands († 1994)
• Anthony J. Brunco († 2000)
• Baby Gallagher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1926)

• Adriana Johanna van der Zandt (1), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baukjen de Boer (61), Nuis, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Alfred Louis Marie Joseph WARGNIER (52), Nouvion sur Meuse, 08160, Ardennes, France
• Arend Bijvoets (81), Sneek, Fr, Nederland
• Albertus van Gessel (77), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Slager (58), Rouveen
• Bernhardus Blaauw (82), USA
• Alvina Teresinha Junckes (0), Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anna Catharina Schepers (45), Bocholtz
• Albertus Rensing (85), Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1924 » Donald Richie, American-Japanese author and critic († 2013)
• 1924 » Kenneth Norman Jones, Australian public servant
• 1925 » René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon († 1989)
• 1926 » Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2004)
• 1926 » Joan Lorring, British actress († 2014)
• 1927 » Margot Honecker, East German politician and First Lady († 2016)
• 1928 » Cynthia Ozick, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist
• 1928 » Fabien Roy, Canadian accountant and politician
• 1928 » Heinz Putzl, Austrian fencer
• 1928 » Victor Lownes, American businessman († 2017)

• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)

• 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 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.

The temperature on April 17, 1926 was between 4.8 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.