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• Catharina Aloyse (Tiny) Huijberts, Schagen († 1971)
• Aline Hillebrandt, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 2004)
• Andrew Dijkstra, Portage, Kalamazoo Country, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Antonius Maria Hofkens († 2016)
• Arie van Praag, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Agatha Jacoba van Haaster, Vogelenzang († 1999)
• Alice M Genseal, Cass County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1926)
• Clélie Josephina Francoise Hoek, Wadenoijen († 1985)
• Annie Engel († 1984)
• Aart van der Meijden, Herwijnen († 2014)

• Aaltje Blokland (28), Noordeloos
• Analaura Nevada Johnson (66), Garrett, Ellis, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Folkert Smid (60), Twijzelerheide, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Berendina Gertruda Weijn (31)
• Anna Grada Elisabeth van Keeken (72), Nijmegen
• Aartje van Es (7), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bontje Keetlapper (87), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Dina Margaretha Breusers (51), Rotterdam
• Alice Martha Reynolds (64)
• Anna Grada Elisabeth Van Keeken (72), Nijmegen

• 1924 » Fess Parker, American actor († 2010)
• 1924 » Inez Voyce, American baseball player
• 1925 » Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer († 2002)
• 1925 » Willie Jones, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1927 » Lois Nettleton, American actress († 2008)
• 1928 » Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
• 1928 » Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist († 2018)
• 1928 » Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1928 » Eydie Gormé, American singer († 2013)
• 1928 » Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist († 2018)

• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)

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

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

• 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on August 16, 1926 was between 13.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.