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• Edmond Jacques "Elias" VOS, Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1997)
• Dré Roijmans, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Augusta Maria Louise Thoelen, Stevoort, België († 2017)
• Elisabeth Van Vooren, Adegem, OVL, B († 2014)
• Adriaantje (Adriana) Verzijl († 1998)
• Colin COOK († 1974)
• Adolphine Zorbag, Djokjakarta Java Ned.Indie
• Annie de Kooter, Delft,Gemeente Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Cornelis Douw, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Christianus C. van Loon, Wouw, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2005)

• Arnoldina Maria Johanna Freijer (40), Haarlem
• (Stillborn) DOTINGA (0), Wymbritseradeel Friesland Netherlands
• Alexander Lankhout (88), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonius Gerardus Hopman (16), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Cupery (27)
• Aafje Sluijs (73), Enkhuizen
• Adrianus Eriks (0), Zijpe
• Anna Blijham (37), Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland
• Antonia Eufrosina do Amaral (76), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Bart Durks Nauta (94), Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten

• 1924 » George Mikan, American basketball player and coach († 2005)
• 1925 » Robert Beadell, American composer and educator († 1994)
• 1926 » Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist († 2010)
• 1926 » Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author († 2001)
• 1926 » Tom Wicker, American journalist and author († 2011)
• 1927 » Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress († 1998)
• 1927 » Paul Eddington, English actor († 1995)
• 1928 » David T. Lykken, American geneticist and academic († 2006)
• 1928 » Michael Blakemore, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1929 » Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher

• 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1928 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1945 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)

• 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 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on June 18, 1926 was between 10.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.