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• Maureen Kay Darrah, Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho, United States of America († 2009)
• Hendrikje Schuurman, Den Hulst († 2021)
• Anna Cornelia Maria Voorn, Uithoorn († 1988)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Josephus Marie Oprins, Gilze en Rijen († 1987)
• Maria Wilhelmina Kerkhof, Culemborg (GL) († 2023)
• Christina Johanna van den Brul, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Jenny Vercammen, Diepenbeek, België († 1946)
• Johannes Adrianus Bartholomeus Hermus, Zoetermeer († 2008)
• Glenn Wayne PARISH, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia († 2019)
• Hernán Flavio Reyes García, Palmira,Valle,Colombia († 1973)

• Cato Geerts (63), Hoeven, Nederland
• Anna Roelofs Smit (75), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Batenburg (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Smeenk (70), Monnickendam
• Annechien Rademaker (81), Haren
• Adriana Josephina Catharina de Rooij (18), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eekelen, van (36)
• Albertus BERKHOF (56)
• Adriana de Waard (88), Zwijndrecht
• Adam Beck (76), La Grande, Union County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten

• 1940 » Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1941 » Brenton Wood, American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1941 » Darlene Love, American singer and actress
• 1941 » Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist
• 1942 » Teddy Pilette, Belgian race car driver
• 1942 » Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia
• 1943 » Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1943 » Peter Hyams, American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1945 » Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter
• 1945 » Helen Mirren, English actress

• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1951 » James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
• 1953 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)

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.
• February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
• March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
• April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
• May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
• July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
• October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.

The temperature on July 26, 1943 was between 12.4 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.