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• Bert Daanen, Boxmeer († 1983)
• Agnes Maria Carolina Benaets, Sint-Truiden, België († 2001)
• Douglas Richard Boer, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Etienne Maurits De Mol, Lovendegem († 1989)
• Adrianus Johannes Hermans, Gilze en Rijen († 1999)
• Augusta Johanna Marie Baggen, Sittard († 1981)
• Adriana S. Rienstra, Wageningen († 2002)
• Cornelia Varkevisser, Katwijk († 2012)
• Franklin Folkema, Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan) († 1995)
• Erhard August Römer, Herbornseelbach, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany († 1998)

• Anna Aleida (Anna Adelheid) Blom (76), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Laterveer (69), Leiden
• Anna Maria Wijers (46), Maasbree
• Adriana Hendrica Renders (1), Aarle Rixtel
• Arie Dirkdr Hoogland (23), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Aleida Blom (76), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexander Henry Leith (60)
• Catharina Jacoba Hof van den (75), Kesteren
• Anna Maria Bredemeijer (80), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Dominico Anselmo Figaroa (17), Aruba

• 1924 » Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1924 » William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer († 2003)
• 1925 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright († 1971)
• 1926 » Angus Scrimm, American actor and author († 2016)
• 1927 » L. Q. Jones, American actor and director
• 1928 » Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster († 2004)
• 1928 » Shiv Prasaad Singh, Indian Hindi writer(d.1998)
• 1929 » Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach († 2016)
• 1929 » Ion N. Petrovici, Romanian-German neurologist and academic
• 1930 » Frank McCourt, American author and educator († 2009)

• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)

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.
• January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on August 19, 1926 was between 13.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.