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• Anna Maria Allegonda van Bakel, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Catharina Josephina******** BEKX, Asten(N-Br.) († 1926)
• Antonio Alves Pereira, Piuí, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Anton Melchior Diederik (dick) Thesingh († 2005)
• Belva Jean Haley Kittrell Woods <sKsUSS>1 'Jean", Oklahoma ac († 2013)
• Artje van HEMERT, Haaften (Gld.) († 2003)
• Antonia Gijsberta Maria (Tonnie) Vernooij, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1996)
• Albert Koelma, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 1947)
• Anne Marie CLAESSENS
• Anna Maria Leijendekkers, Rotterdam († 2002)

• Bernardus van den Deijssel (0), Soest
• Christiaan Albert van Vemde (54), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexandre Desrosiers (85), Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
• Anna Maria Barbara Conen (55), Wijlre, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnolda van Pelt (5), Rotterdam
• Antje Jacobs Terpstra (91), Leeuwarden
• Antonius van de Koevering (69), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert van Haastert (58), Padang
• Adriana Antonia Duijkers (51), Rottedam
• Arnoldus Drunen van (70), Den Bosch

• 1924 » Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor († 2018)
• 1925 » Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor († 1991)
• 1927 » George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2017)
• 1927 » Michael Constantine, American actor
• 1927 » Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review († 2014)
• 1928 » Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist († 2013)
• 1928 » John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer († 2011)
• 1928 » Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author († 2017)
• 1928 » T. Boone Pickens, American businessman († 2019)
• 1929 » Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet († 2013)

• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)

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.
• January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• 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.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

The temperature on May 22, 1926 was between 8.8 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.