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• Aaltje van Raalten, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)
• Bernardus Josephus Maria Rabelink, Bergh (Montferland), Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)
• André Maurice Roger, Aulnay-sous-bois,, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Annetje Frens, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1989)
• van der Geest, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Maria (Ans) Leeflang, Haarlem (Noord-Holland NL) († 2014)
• AAPKO SPORTEL, SCHUINESLOOT († 1945)
• Anna Geertruida Heijne, Odoorn († 2017)
• Adriana Cornelia van Oord († 1980)
• Charlie Delphus Koel, Perkins, Sioux County, Iowa († 2017)

• Bernardus Florimondus Polijdorus de Vos (0), Westdorpe, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christiaan Rozema (1), Katwijk
• Antoine Philippe Thomas Joseph Baucheron de Boissoudy (61), Paris
• David van der Houwen (78), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dina de Jongh (85), Arnhem
• Arend Jan Bloemendal (84), Enschede
• Anna Maria Marsch (1), Raalte
• Cornelia van Batenburg (76), Vianen
• Dina de Jongh van Gelder (85), Arnhem
• Anna Cornelia Beijers (66), Gooreind (B)

• 1921 » Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1921 » Dennis Brain, English composer († 1957)
• 1922 » Jean Rédélé, French racing driver, founded Alpine († 2007)
• 1923 » Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot († 2015)
• 1924 » Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician († 2020)
• 1924 » Roy Bentley, English footballer († 2018)
• 1926 » David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician
• 1926 » Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1926 » Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic († 1981)
• 1929 » Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach († 1988)

• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)

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.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on May 17, 1926 was between 2.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.