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• Alouisius Josephus Morcus, Hontenisse,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1998)
• Bernardus Albert Drescher, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• A.P.A. (Fons) Teurlings, Waalwijk († 2006)
• Antonio Garcia do Amaral, Itápolis, São Paulo, Brasil († 2007)
• Anna Maria Gesina Schulte, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen († 1980)
• Abraham Korsuize, Abbenes († 1983)
• Antonius Petrus Josephus KUIJKEN, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Anna Elisabeth Niehuis, Wolvega, Friesland, The Netherlands († 2001)
• Caroline Marie Harkabus, Youngstown M, Ohio († 2006)
• Willem Johan Verstraete, Hoofdplaat († 2002)

• Antoine vicomte de Villers de Waroux d'Awans de Bouillet et de Bovenistier (22), Hoegaerden
• Cornelia Johanna Kooger (14)
• Benjamin Vermeer (0), Naaldwijk
• Aukjen de Jong (51), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• ?? Giberius (0)
• Bernardus van Meer (60), Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Persoon (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alf Illevold (35)
• Albert Apekrom (42), Broek in Waterland
• Anna Maria Starmans (64), Kerkrade (L

• 1925 » Antony Carbone, American actor
• 1925 » D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker († 2019)
• 1925 » Evan Hultman, American politician
• 1925 » Pandel Savic, American football player († 2018)
• 1925 » Philip Carey, American actor († 2009)
• 1925 » Taylor Hardwick, American architect, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park († 2014)
• 1926 » Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan-French journalist and author († 2007)
• 1926 » Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina († 2003)
• 1926 » Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic († 2015)
• 1926 » Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, English diplomat († 2019)

• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
• 1933 » Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b.1918)

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 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• 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 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.

The temperature on July 15, 1926 was between 14.7 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.