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• Arlene louise Bolt, Highland Osceola Michigan (USA) († 1982)
• Audrey Rosalina Brockman, California, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Adriaantje van Kempen, Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Arlene L. BOLT, Highland Township Osceola County Michigan U.S.A († 1982)
• Ad van Gemert, Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Atje"Attie" Swaagman, Leeuwarden († 1996)
• Alfons Thys, Vorst-Kempen, Laakdal, Antwerpen, België († 2019)
• Anna Margaretha van Arkel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1998)
• Atty Merbel van de, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Cornelis Hubertus Maria Snijders, Tilburg († 1989)

• Cornelia Theresia Maria Draaijers (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anibal de Barcellos Medeiros (42)
• Cornelis van der Heijden (74), Everdingen
• Aart BAKKER (80), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Coffee McMurray (78)
• Cornelis Johannes PUT (61), Brummen
• Aafke (wytses) Wiersma (84), Franeker
• Cornelis Johannes Helderman (32), 's Gravenhage (Z-H), Nederland
• Aart Bakker (80), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Gerardus Parlevliet (0), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1924 » Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet († 2004)
• 1924 » Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer († 2004)
• 1924 » Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer († 2010)
• 1924 » Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author († 2014)
• 1925 » Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1925 » Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2003)
• 1925 » Philip Purser, English author and critic
• 1928 » F. William Free, American businessman († 2003)
• 1928 » Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer († 2004)
• 1929 » István Kertész, Hungarian conductor († 1973)

• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)

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 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• 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 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on August 28, 1926 was between 6.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.