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• Antonia Hendrika van der Most, Slagharen († 2018)
• Antonia Hendrika van der Most, slagharen, Nederland († 2018)
• Boukje Gatske Bijvoets, Bolsward, Fr, Nederland († 2019)
• Adriana Verheij, Strijen († 2004)
• Cornelis Ursem, Ursem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Bob Zeegers, Amsterdam († 1979)
• Aulcie Allen Betts, Eclectic, Elmore County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Auke Johannes Venema, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Dierckx, Antwerpen (Antwerpen, BEL) († 1978)
• Barend van Panhuis, Nijkerk († 1944)

• Anna Maria Gommers (Gammer) (60), Waspik,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betsy EMINSON (71), 87 Payne Avenue, Aldrington, Hove, Sussex
• Berend Nobbe (64), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bessie Murray Secord (53), New Canaan, Queens County, NB, Canada
• Anna Cornelia van Schoor (84), Halsteren, Nederland
• Berend Nobbe (64), Stadskanaal (Onstwedde)
• Anna Maria Margaretha Van Buggenum (36), Wessem
• Arinetta Cornelia Van Oudheusden (57), 's-Gravenhage
• Bartholomeus Hubertus Maria Floris (0), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Vroet (58), Oud-Beijerland

• 1923 » René Favaloro, Argentine surgeon and cardiologist († 2000)
• 1924 » Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician († 2013)
• 1925 » Bruce L. Douglas, American politician
• 1926 » Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer († 2017)
• 1926 » Himayat Ali Shair, Urdu poet († 2019)
• 1926 » Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1927 » John Chancellor, American journalist († 1996)
• 1927 » Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator († 2010)
• 1928 » Nancy Olson, American actress
• 1928 » William Rees-Mogg, English journalist and public servant († 2012)

• 1904 » Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (b. 1824)
• 1907 » William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1910 » Marius Petipa, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
• 1918 » Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1936 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (b. 1890)
• 1937 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1860)
• 1954 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)

• 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.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on July 14, 1926 was between 16.6 °C and 29.9 °C and averaged 23.1 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.