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• Betty Lou McWilliams, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Bernardus Andreas Wijnker, 't Veld († 1928)
• Aubrey Byron Livingston [K], Abilene, Texas († 1991)
• Derkje Luttje, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Clara Catharina de Regt, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 1987)
• Ada Rueckert, Joaneta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 2007)
• Annigje Sterrenburg, Langerak († 1944)
• Anna Maria Mathilda Sponselee, Groningen († 2006)
• Ariel Smith BALLIF, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Andre Francois Emile Ghekiere, Izegem († 2021)

• Antonius Franciscus Josten, Haps
• Bertha Hartogensis (83), The Hague, The Netherlands
• Ariaantje de Lange (71), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina de Vries (67), Den Haag,-
• Arendina VISSCHER (87), Emmen
• Anna Meijs (73), Spaubeek (Beek), Limburg, Nederland
• christiaan van GAMEREN (76), ridderkerk
• Charles Marie Herckenrath (74)
• Antonia Maria Cornelia Geleijns (21), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Adrianus GOMMERS (67), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1923 » Bernard Clavel, French author († 2010)
• 1923 » Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist
• 1923 » John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon († 2015)
• 1924 » Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1924 » Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1924 » Pepper Paire, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1926 » Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal
• 1926 » Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, Queen Consort of Tonga († 2017)
• 1926 » Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host († 2018)
• 1927 » Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group

• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)

• 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.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on May 29, 1926 was between 11.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.