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• Catharina Cornelia Maria Janssen, Gendt († 1977)
• Arie Kuiper, Scheveningen († 2018)
• Adriana (Marietje) van Dorst, Eindhoven (NLD) († 1988)
• Adriana Cornelia Kusse, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 2016)
• Christine (Chris) Frances Bradfield, Michigan († 2015)
• Cornelia Ida van Oost, Yerseke († 2003)
• Derkje Zweers, Harfsen († 2007)
• Allan Lewis Janowitz, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Dirkje Zweers, Harfsen,Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Harmina Geertina PAAS († 2011)

• Alfonso di Borbone-Due-Sicilie (93), Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
• Alfons van Bourbon-Sicilië (93), Cannes, Frankrijk
• Adrianus Gerardus Coenraad van der Net (59), Rotterdam
• Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto OF THE TWO SICILIES (93), Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
• Alfonso Maria Guiseppe Alberto van Bourbon-Sicilië (93), Cannes F
• Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto von Neapel-Sizilien de BOURBON (93), Cannes, 06029, Alpes Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Frankrijk
• Alfonso Maria Guiseppe Alberto van Bourbon-Sicilië (93), Cannes F
• Alfons Maria Jozef van Bourbon-Sicilië (93), Cannes, Frankrijk
• Alfons Maria Josef von Bourbon und Sizilien (93), Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Frankreich
• Anna Antonia Kooper (0), 's-Gravenhage

• 1930 » Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic († 2005)
• 1933 » Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author († 1995)
• 1935 » Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
• 1936 » David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician
• 1937 » Manorama, Indian actress and singer († 2015)
• 1937 » Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
• 1938 » K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer († 2013)
• 1938 » Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
• 1938 » Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress
• 1938 » William Bolcom, American pianist and composer

• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Jacob
15. Johan
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Grietje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Aaltje

• 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
• January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
• May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
• August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
• August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
• September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
• October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

The temperature on May 26, 1934 was between 3.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.