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• Albertus Arnoldus Marinus, Den Bosch(NB) († 1928)
• Constant Hubertus Dierckx, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1984)
• Adrianus Borst, Vinkeveen († 2014)
• Charlene Helen Barber, Christiana, Rutherford, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Cornelia Baltus, Castricum († 1986)
• Afiena de Jonge, Onstwedde († 1980)
• Aagje van Bemmel, Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2018)
• Annetje van den Hazel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Cornelis Petrus van Rossen, Amsterdam († 2016)
• Frieswijk

• Clara V. Bolenbaugh (52), Greenbush, Clinton, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Burt Benson Sponaugle (50), Oil Fields, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Nijstad (57), Assen
• Anna Louise Hubertine Thissen (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christopher Marell Clapper (70), Norwich, Chenango, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Don (81), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abram Adrianus de Rooij (50), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Van Campen (36), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Alida Juliana Meijerse (53), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Benjamin Cohen (74)

• 1924 » Frank Bolle, American comic-strip artist, comic-book artist and illustrator († 2020)
• 1925 » Anna Chennault, Chinese widow of Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault († 2018)
• 1925 » Art Modell, American businessman († 2012)
• 1925 » Miriam Karlin, English actress († 2011)
• 1926 » Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, Senegalese writer
• 1926 » Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor
• 1926 » Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist († 2017)
• 1926 » Magda Herzberger, Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust
• 1927 » Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director († 1987)
• 1927 » John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop († 2019)

• 1891 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)
• 1893 » William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)
• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)

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.
• 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 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on June 23, 1926 was between 6.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.