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• Adriaan Henricus Manders 12AVG, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1993)
• Benvenida Henriques de la Fuente, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Arij van der Linden († 2015)
• Berend Sterenborg, Ter Maarsch Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland († 2017)
• Adolf Jan Mook, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Cornelia Antonia Scholte, Schiedam († 2006)
• Antje Draaijer, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Berend Drees († 2021)
• Armella June Wulk, Wisconsin († 2000)
• Adrianus Bernardus Stuijts († 1996)

• *Jan Roza (71), Eethen, Genderen en Heesbeen
• Anna Christina Planken (40), Wankum
• Annigje Boxem (77), Zwartsluis
• Auke Tuininga (58), Amersfoort
• Camillus Dobbelaar (36), Terneuzen (NL)
• Anna Maria van Asperen (43), Eindhoven
• Camillus Gustavus Windels (65), Ingelmunster, België
• Augustinus Kamillus De Troyer (68)
• Arnoldus SARLEE (70), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Antonie Balster (54), Deventer

• 1921 » Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman († 1986)
• 1921 » LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter († 2012)
• 1921 » Olga Nardone, American actress († 2010)
• 1924 » Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2013)
• 1924 » Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic († 2013)
• 1925 » Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States († 2018)
• 1927 » Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer († 2020)
• 1929 » Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author († 2013)
• 1930 » Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1993)
• 1930 » Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)

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.
• January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on June 8, 1926 was between 10.8 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.