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• Cora Anna Jean Lolkes Bartsma, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Barry Hunsaker, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States († 1984)
• Aaltje Elzinga, Zwinderen († 2011)
• Elze Kruiter († 2003)
• Christina Hubertina Jozefina Giesendorf, Batavia († 2005)
• Charles S Mann, Nicholas, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Antonius Theodorus Maria Groeneveld, Arnhem, 6800, Nederland († 1952)
• Adriaan van Heerwaarden, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2017)
• "Claude" Marie Gaston de Roucy, Pontoise-lès-Noyon, Oise, France († 2008)
• Brita Gustavsdatter Wahlstrøm, Røyrvik († 1997)

• Akke Meyesd Grasma (61), Gaastmeer, fr.nld
• Aleida Slakhorst (84), Arnhem
• Barbera Vogel (75), Rotterdam
• Barendina Hendrika Cornelissen (80), Harderwijk
• Adriana den Outer (32), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Abraham VAN GEIL (73), Schiedam,Gemeente Schiedam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Aart Eijkelenkamp (81), Woudenberg,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Slakhorst (84), Arnhem, GLD, Nederland
• antonia van vliet (75), Montfoort, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• August BRUNS (53), Shelby County,Ohio

• 1923 » Edith Fellows, American actress († 2011)
• 1923 » Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer († 1994)
• 1924 » David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician († 1976)
• 1925 » Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 († 2001)
• 1926 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1927 » Bud Grant, American football player and coach
• 1927 » David Hedison, American actor († 2019)
• 1927 » Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal († 2016)
• 1929 » Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance

• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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 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.
• 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.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on May 20, 1926 was between 5.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.