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• Anna Genetta Laarman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Maria Vrinten, Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands († 2010)
• Catharina Maria (Tine) Kuiper, Alkmaar († 2007)
• Anna Maria Ensing, Emmen
• Anna Genetta Laarman, amsterdam, Nederland († 2010)
• Aaltje Elzinga, Zwinderen († 2011)
• Cornelis Carolus Horemans, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Johanna Swarts († 1994)
• Cora Anna Jean Lolkes Bartsma, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Dale Leroy Allred, Chester, Sanpete, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2007)

• Barbara Elisabeth Derks (72), Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna de Man (56), Rotterdam
• Aleida Slakhorst (84), Arnhem
• Antonia van Vliet (75), Montfoort
• Adriaensen, Turnhout,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Adriana Koolaard (70), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albertje Breg (80), Enkhuizen
• Aart Eijkelenkamp (81), Woudenberg,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barbara Derks (72), Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafke Feiken (60), Tweede Exloërmond Odoorn Drenthe

• 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)

• 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 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• 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.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

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.