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• Adrianus Jonker († 1978)
• Abram Cebol, Leiden († 2009)
• Beverley Irene BLACK († 1983)
• Abraham Davidson, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alberta Luijtjes, Hierden († 1926)
• Abraham Cebol, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2010)
• Andries Gobes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alfred Pach, Amsterdam († 1966)
• Alphonsus Antonius Vermaas, Huissen († 1994)
• Kerkhof, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adrianus de Vree (66), Ophemert
• Arie van Puffelen (79), Oudewater (UTR) The Netherlands
• Anna Elizabeth Gosselink (25)
• Adriana Schellekens (65), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Kaan (28), Rotterdam
• Barta Aaltina Harms Martinus (0), Zwollerkerspel
• Andrew Miedema (5), Pella, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonius Petrus Groot (0), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Kuik (90), Borger
• Adrianus Graumans (59), Ginneken en Bavel

• 1923 » Queenie Watts, English actress and singer († 1980)
• 1923 » Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 » Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1924 » Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan
• 1925 » Johnny Peirson, Canadian hockey player
• 1926 » Bill Pertwee, English actor († 2013)
• 1926 » Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer († 2002)
• 1926 » Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1926 » Paul Burke, American actor († 2009)
• 1928 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler († 1998)

• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)

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 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on July 21, 1926 was between 13.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.