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• Adrianus Johannes Rutten, Hillegom († 1927)
• Clara BRUSSEEL, Meigem, Deinze, Province of East Flanders, Belgium († 2022)
• Christina Jaantje Goris († 2012)
• Anton Willem Marie Wierckx, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Andries Foppe Drost († 1985)
• Albertha (= Bep ) Hoeve, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Bernardus Gerhardus Thuis, Silvolde, Nederland († 1994)
• Adriana Van Wijmeren, Ginneken en bavel († 2005)
• Annechien Schepers, Weerdinge, Emmen († 1960)
• van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antje Jans DE VRIES (77), Dantumadiel Friesland Netherlands
• Catharina Ariens' van Heeren (47), Pernis
• Aartjen van de Koot (79), Apeldoorn
• Catharina van Heeren (47), Pernis
• carolina heijnen (3), deurne
• Catharina Gertraud Becker (75), Mülheim an der Ruhr, Rheinland
• Albert Eding (52), Valthe, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Eding (52), Odoorn,Drenthe,Niederlande,Valthe
• Charles Franciscus van Acker (76), Westdorpe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Clara Rosamond Carter (63), Curramulka, Yorke Peninsular, South Australia

• 1923 » Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2015)
• 1925 » Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer († 2003)
• 1926 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader († 1965)
• 1926 » Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1926 » Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist († 2001)
• 1926 » Jack McDuff, American singer and organist († 2001)
• 1926 » Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal († 2007)
• 1927 » George Blanda, American football player († 2010)
• 1928 » Park Honan, American author and academic († 2014)
• 1928 » Roddy McDowall, English-American actor († 1998)

• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)

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 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.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• 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.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on September 17, 1926 was between 7.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.