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• Antonius Jacobus Adrianus Smits, Tilburg († 1998)
• Arie Schook, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 2001)
• Cornelius Marinus Kuijs, Herpt en Bern, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Bastiaan van der Graaf († 1997)
• Carmen Broek, Paterson, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Arie Holster, Pernis († 2015)
• Bernardina Hendrika Petronella Holleman, Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1986)
• Diewera Wijker, Velsen († 2013)
• Alke Margaretha Dijt, Den Burg († 2019)
• Alberta Aleida Wilbrink († 1998)

• Adrianus Kester (63), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Lammers (75), Oosterbeek
• Arnoldus Hendrikus van der Steen (53), Zundert
• Anna van Unnik (57), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Verbaten (29), Tegelen
• Carolina Frederika KARELS (0), Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Berend HINDRIKS (88), De Steeg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Celia Lucile Mitchell (72), Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Dingeman Wevers (83), Gennep
• Christianus Braam (20), Oldenzaal

• 1922 » John Amis, English journalist and critic († 2013)
• 1923 » Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic († 2014)
• 1923 » Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic († 1999)
• 1923 » Elroy Hirsch, American football player († 2004)
• 1925 » Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist († 2014)
• 1927 » Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor († 2019)
• 1927 » Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher († 1981)
• 1928 » Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay († 2011)
• 1929 » Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster († 2016)
• 1929 » Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player († 1984)

• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)

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.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
• 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 June 17, 1926 was between 10.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.