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• Camiel Haspeslagh, Bethune, Pas de Calais, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Anna Brandina van de Kaa, Ede († 2010)
• Christina Ludwiena Maria de Kaper, Schiedam († 2013)
• Berendina (Berdina) Pilage, Steenwijksmoer, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)
• Albert Dost, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)
• Desmond Darcy Walsh, Victoria, Australia († 1990)
• David Kosters, Enschede, The Netherlands († 1944)
• A.N.G. van de Veerdonk, Oss († 1993)
• Adrianus van der Heide, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Cornelis François van de Velde, 's-Gravenpolder, ZL, NL († 1991)

• Cornelis Gerardus Norbertus Brants (61), Tilburg
• Allie Arends Smit (20), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Schonenborg (75), Markelo
• Adrianus de Lange (43), Kockengen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barbara Hays, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Daniël van Loveren (67), Amersfoort
• Antonia Dokman (70), Arnhem
• Aaltje Veldhuis (67), Voorst
• Aernoud Janse (43), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland
• Adrianus Hendrik van den Bos (22), 's Gravenzande

• 1923 » Mas Oyama, South Korean-Japanese martial artist († 1994)
• 1924 » Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor († 1989)
• 1924 » Vincent Canby, American historian and critic († 2000)
• 1927 » C. Rajadurai, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Batticaloa
• 1927 » Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist († 2015)
• 1927 » John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic († 2014)
• 1927 » Pierre Granier-Deferre, French director and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1927 » Will Jordan, American comedian and actor († 2018)
• 1928 » Joseph Kittinger, American colonel and pilot
• 1929 » Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist and philosopher († 2007)

• 1916 » Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)
• 1916 » William Jonas, English footballer († 1890)
• 1917 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1921 » Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)
• 1924 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848)
• 1938 » Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
• 1946 » Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)

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.
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• 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.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on July 27, 1926 was between 7.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.