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• Bert Peter Veldkamp († 2016)
• Age Herman Baas, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aart Hollemans, Ridderkerk, zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2018)
• Anna van Mourik, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1995)
• Arnold Punt († 2021)
• Anna Bosma, Geleen Limburg († 2010)
• Catharina Hardeman, Ederveen (Ede) († 2003)
• Anna Adriana Jongeneel, Streefkerk († 2006)
• Carl Wilhelm Jongeling († 1992)
• Bertha Kratzke, Lookeba, Caddo, Oklahoma, 73053, Verenigde Staten († 2008)

• Berend Bont (77), Groningen
• Aagot Frithjofna Dudok van Heel (63), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Timmer (12), Meppel
• (70), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria DE NEEF (41), Grimbergen,1850,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Antje Hoogland (24), Dirkshorn
• Albert Harry Williams (57), Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
• Antoon Gerrits (60), Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia van Run (49), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertha Antonetta Zwaans (89), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1923 » Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author († 1958)
• 1923 » Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1925 » Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1925 » Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist († 1963)
• 1925 » Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo († 1961)
• 1926 » Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician († 2007)
• 1927 » Brock Peters, American actor († 2005)
• 1927 » James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1927 » Lee Allen, American saxophone player († 1994)
• 1929 » Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines

• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

• 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.
• 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.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on July 2, 1926 was between 13.4 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.