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• Irene Johanna Maria Swart, Den Haag († 2017)
• Billy Joe Betts, Huntington, W. Virginia († 2007)
• Johannes Franciscus Maria van Ewijk, Den Dungen († 2016)
• John Alfred Winston jackson († 2001)
• Erica Georgine Terpstra, Den Haag
• Gerritdina Johanna Groothand († 2000)
• Lucienne Jose Daniëls, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Adri Groeneveld, Haarlem († 2018)
• Hendrikje Pasterkamp, Urk († 2016)
• Adriana Cornelia Anna Maria Zuidgeest († 2018)

• Arlie Maud Small (54), Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States of America
• Antonius Nollé (40), Venray
• antonius nollé (40), venray
• Celigje de Bruin (76), Bergambacht (Zuid-Holland)
• Aart Frans Kroes (74), Zwartewaal
• Catharina van der Veen (84), Veendam, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Berendina Willemina Hoving (34), Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Willem Kamphuis (43), Takanon (Thailand)
• Antje Klaas' Swagerman (79), Bennebroek
• Annigje Cornelia Kersbergen (84), Rotterdam

• 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
• 1945 » Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 » Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2012)

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

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

• 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 9.1 million citizens.
• January 18 » Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
• February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
• September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
• October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
• November 22 » Lebanon gains independence from France.

The temperature on May 26, 1943 was between 9.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.