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• Annemie(Anna) Kierakowicz, Ubach palenberg († 1995)
• Joannes Adrianus van Geel, Nieuw Vossemeer († 1953)
• Hans Helmut Borjesson, Hamburg, Dld († 1999)
• Henderika Aaltje Willemsen, Putten, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Donald L Westra († 2017)
• Gerda Steijger, 's-Gravenhage († 2004)
• Johanna Maria Ruigrok, Noordwijk († 2017)
• Jacob Krijn Groen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Joannes Adrianus van GEEL, Nieuw Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Cathérine Dorothée de Booij, Weltevreden († 1946)

• Agatha Ulder (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vries (71), Harlingen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Huissteden (32), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nicolaas van Leeuwen (81), Voorschoten, ZH, Nederland
• Albert Leonhard Sten (66), Malax
• CAROLINA MARIA CATHARINA VAN DER WINDT (69), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Berendina Weinreich (68), Zwolle, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Willard (52), Nijmegen
• Aaltje Dekker (65), Wognum
• Casimirus Persyn (88)

• 1939 » Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician († 2007)
• 1940 » Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1940 » Michael Cockerell, English journalist
• 1940 » Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter
• 1940 » Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
• 1941 » Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
• 1941 » Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer († 2005)
• 1941 » Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player († 2018)
• 1942 » Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician († 2014)

• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
• 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)

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

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

• 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 8.9 million citizens.
• January 2 » World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
• March 2 » World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
• October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
• December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
• December 7 » World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
• December 12 » World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.

The temperature on August 26, 1941 was between 13.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.