About the day » Friday August 26, 1921Calender converter

• Arnoldus Reuvers, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Brinksma, 's Gravenhage († 1998)
• Albert de Waal, Ossenisse,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1999)
• Alice Tiemroth, Copenhagen, Denmark († 2006)
• Catharina Antoinetta Ronden, Geleen, Nederland († 2013)
• Andreas Johannes Biemans, Slagharen († 1996)
• Anna Onsia, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2007)
• Benedictus Aalje Dubois, Groningen († 1975)
• Antoinette CASTELEYN, Roeselare († 2016)
• Alfons Schoenmakers, Lier († 1993)

• Adrianus Kaasenbrood (73), Chicago
• Abraham van Aalst (0), Tiel
• Cornelis Hubertus Broekhuijse (66), Harmelen
• Cornelia van Gorcum (56), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalt van Kommer (1), Nijkerk
• Allegonda van den Bogaard (79), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Meijer (34), Amsterdam
• Albertus de Groot (74), Stompwijk
• Charles Eugene Carver (38), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
• Cornelis Beentjes (68), Haarlem, Noord-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 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
• March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
• May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
• June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
• July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
• October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.

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.