About the day » Friday August 26, 1921Calender converter

• Arthur Francis Murphy, Wagin Australia († 1995)
• Arnoldus Reuvers, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Yves" François Régis Marie Joseph Charles Tréton de Vaujuas-Langan, Launay-Villiers, Mayenne, France († 1986)
• Andreas Johannes Biemans, Slagharen († 1996)
• Brigitta Josepha Constantia Maria de Beer, Tilburg († 2008)
• Boij Frenk, Leiden, the Netherlands († 1943)
• Alexander Neumann, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany († 1943)
• Alida Brinksma, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Anna Onsia, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2007)
• Annie Snijder, Hoogeveen († 2008)

• Carolusl Stemgee (56), Oostende
• August Constant DE PETTER (79), Appels,9200,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albertus de Groot (73), Stompwijk
• Cornelia van Genderen (2), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Hubertus Broekhuijse (66), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina van den Bergh (67), Rotterdam
• Albertus de Groot (74), Stompwijk
• Aalt van Kommer (1), Nijkerk
• Catharina Gesina Tempel, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Webbers (79), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1918 » Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician († 2020)
• 1919 » Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic († 2012)
• 1920 » Brant Parker, American illustrator († 2007)
• 1920 » Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand († 2019)
• 1921 » Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author († 2014)
• 1921 » Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar († 1994)
• 1922 » Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1923 » Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor († 2013)
• 1924 » Alex Kellner, American baseball player († 1996)
• 1925 » Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic († 2005)

• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 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)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
• February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
• May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
• July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
• October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
• November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

The temperature on August 26, 1921 was between 8.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.