About the day » Tuesday August 17, 1926Calender converter

• Andrew John de Blauw, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Cornelia Eradus, Leiden († 1992)
• Antonia Maria Francisca ZUIJDWIJK († 1992)
• Cornelis Johannes Bos, Harmelen († 2017)
• Anna Christina Agatha Dik, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Luiten († 1989)
• Cornelia (Corrie) Heijkoop († 2007)
• Batje van Veen, Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1926)
• Augustinus Dominicus Klaassen, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Albert Schuiling, Schipborg, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)

• Anna Maria van den Broek (90), Liempde
• Adrianus Wortman (75), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ALOYSIUS DE MEULENAER (54), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Adriaan Schotman (60), Wormer
• Brand den Herder (0), Nunspeet
• Alexander Dhuyvetter (71), Watervliet (B)
• Adrianus Ludovicus Paulus Joosten (1), Rotterdam
• Christiaan Michael Pijnenburg (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Hoogendoorn (72), Woerden
• Catherine Lynn (54), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1923 » Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist († 2019)
• 1923 » Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor († 2002)
• 1924 » Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer († 2013)
• 1926 » Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China
• 1926 » Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman († 2012)
• 1927 » F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont († 2015)
• 1927 » Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2009)
• 1928 » T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
• 1928 » Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer († 2011)
• 1929 » Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot († 1977)

• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)

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. Trijntje

• 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.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

The temperature on August 17, 1926 was between 12.7 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.