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• Cornelis Jacobus Wilhelmus van den Boer, Gilze († 1993)
• Cornelia Johanna Maria de Bont, Loon op Zand († 2014)
• Barwegen, Hitsum, Frjentsjeradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annette Jacobina Hilda Dijksterhuis, Zijldijk,'t Zandt, Groningen, Nederland († 2015)
• Annie (Anneke) Zwollo, 's-Gravenhage († 2014)
• Aleida Berendina ten Kate, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Bernhard Theodoor OUBORG, Batavia, Java († 1998)
• Arnoldus Cornelis Antonius van der Weijden, Haarlemmerliede, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Albert van Beelen, Leiden († 1994)
• Adrianus Franciscus van Herpen, Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)

• Anna Meijs (73), Spaubeek, LI, Netherlands
• Annie West Matthews (43), Houston County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Amelia Scheepmans (78), Lubbeek
• Charles Alexander Munro (70), Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
• Boerland (0), Klazienaveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bauke van der Heide (79), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonius Fredericus Mosheuvel (60), rotterdam
• Adriana Maria dochter Jan Timmermans (0), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Arie Verheul (72), Bergschenhoek (Lansingerland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Brandenborg (86), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1921 » Edna Doré, English actress († 2014)
• 1922 » Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor († 1992)
• 1923 » Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor († 2015)
• 1923 » Rainier III, Prince of Monaco († 2005)
• 1925 » Julian Beck, American actor and director († 1986)
• 1927 » James Eberle, English admiral († 2018)
• 1927 » Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker († 2017)
• 1928 » Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer († 2001)
• 1929 » Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer († 2014)
• 1930 » Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, musician, and producer

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

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 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on May 31, 1926 was between 8.9 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.