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• Cornelius Jan Adriaan Westdorp, 's Heer Arendskerke, ZLD, NL († 2009)
• Albert Haerkens, Balgoy († 2014)
• Appolonia (Ploni) VERLOOP, ís-Gravenhage († 2020)
• Charles Henrard, Philippeville, 5600, België († 2006)
• Albert Denman PDEN01.ALB01, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England († 1989)
• Angelina Julia Beckx, Genk, België († 1994)
• Cornelis Josephus Kortsmit, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Anna Gerhardina Josephina Oude Groeniger, Delden († 2010)
• Cornelis Meulenkamp, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Cornelis Josephus Kortsmit, Klundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)

• Antonetta van der PUT (1), Dordrecht
• Anna Maria van Bijnen (61), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Blom (52), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anthony George Doornink (1), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Agust Christoffel Frits Dibbets (7), Malang, NOI
• Antonie Heetkamp (82), Raalte
• Anna ter Weele (64), Eschmarke {OV} (Lonneker)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Janssen (70), Heumen
• Bernardina Dierks (76), Bergeijk
• Alida Broers (62), Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1922 » Carl Furillo, American baseball player († 1989)
• 1922 » Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer († 2008)
• 1922 » Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey († 2014)
• 1924 » Anthony Caro, English sculptor and illustrator († 2013)
• 1924 » Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1924 » Sean McClory, Irish-American actor and director († 2003)
• 1925 » Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic († 2014)
• 1926 » Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1927 » Ramon Revilla Sr., Filipino actor and politician († 2020)
• 1929 » Hebe Camargo, Brazilian actress and singer († 2012)

• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)

• 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 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on March 8, 1926 was between 9.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.