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• Anne Albert Remmelts, Ommen († 1999)
• Edith Goforth, Dade Co. Florida († 1996)
• Anna Loraine Diehl, Campbell County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Adrianus Joannes Maria Mutsaers, Tilburg Netherlands († 1989)
• Adrianus (Aad) Johannes ZANDVLIET, Wassenaar,,SOUTH HOLLAND,NETHERLANDS († 2017)
• Andries Antonius Maria (Dries) Jansen ongehuwd, Geldrop, NB, Nederland († 1992)
• Carl Reitsma, Bigelow Township, Nobles County, Minnesota († 1999)
• Antonius Hendricus Maria van Uem, Zevenaar Gelderland Nederland († 1986)
• Bernardus Henderikus Fischer, Exloëmond, Nederland († 1994)
• Daatje Eldik, Echteld, Nederland († 2020)

• Christiaan Theil (61), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Gerard Weussink (38), Enschede,Gemeente Enschede,Overijssel,Nederland
• Catharina Neuteboom (63), Leiden
• Anna Adriana Reiniera Henderica Wyck, van der (85), 's-Gravenhage
• Ariena (Arina) Johanna Wilhelmina Sophia Jung (66), Den Haag
• Christina van Wees (64), Ouder-Amstel
• Adrianus de Klerk (34), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Durieux (13)
• Antonius Nicolaas Schouten (4), Blokker, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Span (54), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1923 » Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer († 2014)
• 1923 » George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1923 » Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification († 2012)
• 1924 » Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor († 2005)
• 1924 » Robert Horton, American actor († 2016)
• 1925 » Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic († 2014)
• 1925 » Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
• 1925 » Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster († 2019)
• 1926 » Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright († 2010)

• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)

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.
• 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 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on July 29, 1926 was between 11.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.