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• Alberta G. Meelker, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Betty Kamp, Watseka, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1958)
• Antonia van Loon, Terheijden († 2010)
• Ch.L. Raemakers, Nijmegen Gld († 2011)
• Albertha Johanna Aleida van Vilsteren, Avereest († 2003)
• Camerina Calderon, Lockhart Cal, Texas († 1991)
• Adriana Gerarda Maria Bakker, Krommenie, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Aaltje (Alie) Mast, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Albertus Christianus Franciscus van der Staak, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1927)
• Anna Glim, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1926)

• Antonius Rozeboom (72), Doetinchem
• Shupe (75), Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
• Adrianus Franciscus Hamers (51), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auguste Friederike Therese Braune (76), Biesenrode
• Adrianus Theil (75), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Stoffers (83), Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje De Vries (39), Knijpe, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anner Preston Booher (24)
• Ardo B Dreisbach (45), Hancock, Ohio
• Arie Vanpolen (67), Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States

• 1923 » Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2014)
• 1924 » Jack Buck, American sportscaster († 2002)
• 1924 » Jack Weston, American actor († 1996)
• 1926 » Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator († 1999)
• 1927 » Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 2018)
• 1928 » Addison Farmer, American bassist († 1963)
• 1928 » Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer († 1999)
• 1928 » Bud McFadin, American football player († 2006)
• 1929 » Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1929 » X. J. Kennedy, American poet, translator, anthologist, editor

• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)

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.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• 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 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on August 21, 1926 was between 16.2 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.