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• Christina Margaretha Soetenhorst, Staphorst, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)
• Albertje Bos, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2015)
• Anna Sebastiana van Broekhoven, Bergen op Zoom († 2017)
• Antonie (Tonnie) Weering († 2004)
• Dirk Verhoef, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1985)
• Albert Bismans, Alken († 2018)
• Berendina Kleine, Hoogeveen nederland († 2015)
• Albert Bismans († 2018)
• Anton Karl KOHLERT, Teplitz,Aussiger Region,NORDWESTEN,TSCHECHIEN († 2013)
• Adrianus VERBREE († 1979)

• Aalbert den Besten (68), Sliedrecht
• Dingena Kouters (48), Zevenbergen
• Elizabeth Johanna Sophia Lotter (46), Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
• Edith Dalton WHITE (52), Home of South Smith, Wilson Street, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
• Christina Hendrika Kortekaas (45), Rotterdam
• alphonsus swaters (38), amsterdam
• Carel van der Pol (74), Nijmegen
• Antonius Johannes van Emmerloot (Emmelo) (65), Belfeld, L, Nederland
• Anthonius Johannes Van Emmelo (65), Belfeld, Nederland
• Elizabeth Gerling (78), Delft

• 1922 » Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic († 2008)
• 1923 » Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1924 » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist († 1963)
• 1926 » Betty Lynn, American actress
• 1926 » Donn Fendler, American author and speaker († 2016)
• 1926 » Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic
• 1927 » Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1928 » Charles Gray, English actor († 2000)
• 1928 » Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator († 2018)
• 1929 » Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic († 2004)

• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)

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 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• 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.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on August 29, 1926 was between 7.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.