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• Christiaan Vermaat, Rotterdam († 1926)
• André Mortier, Mol († 2000)
• Edouard HOTTAT, Leuven, 24062, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique († 2012)
• Beeuw Hoitinga, Huizum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1926)
• Berend Jan Mooijers († 2004)
• Albertine Bron, Overdinkel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1928)
• Aaltje Nijenhuis, Ambt Hardenberg († 2006)
• Barbera de Mol († 2004)
• Carol Jean Hoftiezer, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 2013)
• Catharina Zaal, Bodegraven († 2003)

• Alida Geertrui de Lange (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Moeke (76), Coevorden
• Antje Snijder (68), Assendelft NH NL
• Antje Snijder (68), Assendelft
• Alexius Josephus Vermeulen (80), Poppel, Ravels, Antwerp, Belgium
• Fest (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Haddink (74), Deventer
• Alida Mandersloot (61), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Ruggenberg (62), Leerdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendina Muller (69), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1924 » Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist and academic
• 1924 » Leslie Phillips, English actor and producer
• 1924 » Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress († 2008)
• 1925 » Elena Verdugo, American actress († 2017)
• 1925 » Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach († 2006)
• 1927 » Bud Cullen, Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration († 2005)
• 1927 » K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 » Phil Hill, American race car driver († 2008)
• 1928 » Johnny Gavin, Irish international footballer († 2007)
• 1928 » Robert Byrne, American chess player and author († 2013)

• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)

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.
• 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.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on April 20, 1926 was between 3.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.