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• Edouard Henri van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Domburg, Veere, Pays-Bas († 2013)
• Donald Eugene Prosser, Palatka, Putnam, Florida, United States († 2012)
• Henk Sluis, Groesbeek († 1997)
• Hugo Guido Vanderjeugt, Ieper
• Edgar Penner Friesen, Greenland, Steinbach Census Division, Manitoba, Canada († 2016)
• Anna van der Meulen, Ljouwert († 1943)
• Hazel Ensley († 1976)
• Adrianus van Steenis, Haaften (NL) († 1985)
• Etienne Despae, Gent († 2004)
• Jacques DEMULDER, Barentin,76360,Seine-Maritime,Normandie,France († 2007)

• Adrianus Johannes van Hoof (70), Poortugaal
• Kaijser (0), Hulst, Nederland
• Albert Jitzes Braaksma (89), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Duits (75), Barneveld
• Adrianus van den Corput (78), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Lowijs (72), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (85), Biggekerke, Nederland
• Adrian John Bates VAN DE WEYER (20), CAlès Occitanie France
• Adrianus Clemens (81), Gilze
• Albert VANLAETHEM (24), Oost-Rozebeke

• 1938 » Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
• 1938 » William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
• 1939 » Brent Musburger, American sportscaster
• 1939 » Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator († 2015)
• 1940 » Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor († 2012)
• 1940 » Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1941 » Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal
• 1941 » Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
• 1941 » Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer
• 1941 » Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician († 2014)

• 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)
• 1954 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)

• 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
• June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
• June 17 » World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
• June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
• October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
• November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
• December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

The temperature on May 26, 1940 was between 13.3 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.