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• Adrianus Wilhelmus Petrus van Baest, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Groeneveld, Rotterdam († 2018)
• Catharina Hemels, Alkmaar († 1987)
• Antonie Gerardus de Kruijf, Utrecht (UT, NLD) († 2014)
• Anni Geertruida van der Burg, Rotterdam
• Alphonsus Josephus Van Look, Oorderen, Antwerpen, Belgi√´ († 1999)
• Alida Poorter, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Berendina Johanna Prevoo, Hengelo († 1927)
• Bertha Körner, Thorn († 1959)
• Berendina Agterhuis († 2015)

• Aarnoud Kempe (52), 's Gravenhage
• Augustus Johannes Franciscus Wessels (0), Utrecht
• Arie Wijker (36), zee
• BASTIAAN JOHANNES HAGESTEIN (0), BERKEL EN RODENRIJS
• Antonius Willem van Noord (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Helena van de Laar (0), Bakel
• Christiaan Johannes Grandia (26), ,, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariën de Beurs (60), Twisk
• Albert Banjers de Vries (70), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Bravenboer (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1922 » Frank Stranahan, American golfer († 2013)
• 1922 » L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader († 2015)
• 1923 » Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore († 2005)
• 1926 » Betsy Jolas, French composer
• 1926 » Jeri Southern, American jazz singer and pianist († 1991)
• 1927 » John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1929 » Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor († 2014)
• 1930 » Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer († 1998)
• 1930 » Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut († 2012)
• 1930 » Richie Ginther, American race car driver († 1989)

• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)

• 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.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• 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 5, 1926 was between 12.1 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.