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• Cornelia de With († 2002)
• Johan Bastiaans († 2015)
• Beatrix Irene Oudesel, Almelo († 1942)
• James Thomas Cox, Marked Tree, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States († 2013)
• Arendje Dirkje Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Abdon Jean Clerx, Alken, België († 2020)
• Agnes Martha McDermott, Foremass Upper, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 2015)
• Gerritje Tiele, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Bryan William Swallow, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England († 2002)
• Johanna Hendrika ter Meulen, hengelo (o) († 2009)

• Albertha Kroes (19), Salem, Ermelo
• Antonius Putzeys (92), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België
• Alida Catharina Bakker (39), Amsterdam
• Adolf Utens (80), Maastricht, Nederland
• Caterina Maria Pieternella Schade (69), Texel, Nederland
• Adolph Hubertus Lambrichts (78), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Geerts Dijkstra (70), Ee
• Anna Maria HENDRICKX (82), Panningen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Andries Pieter Barendregt (43), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje van der Veen (80), Smallingerland, Drachten

• 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)
• 1943 » Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
• 1944 » Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player († 2013)
• 1944 » Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician
• 1944 » Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist

• 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)
• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)

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

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

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• January 13 » World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
• January 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
• May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
• August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
• September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
• November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.

The temperature on May 26, 1942 was between 9.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 15.4 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.