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• Anna Margaretha (Gré) Visser, weststellingewerf († 2018)
• Anthonius Gerardus Hoogervorst, Poeldijk († 1998)
• Casper Hooglander, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1927)
• Adriaan Paauwe († 1951)
• Cornelia van der Spek († 2018)
• Catherine Delores Little, Frederick County (MD) († 1973)
• Albertje de Boer, Urk († 2010)
• Albert Scheperkeuter, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna Hellingwerf, Rottevalle (Achtkarspelen) († 1926)
• Agatha van Leeuwen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL († 2007)

• Anna Huibers (81), Hooge en Lage Mierde
• Alice Wheeler (42), Springville, Utah, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Ariaantje de Groot (94), Gouderak
• Aaltje Polman (77), Krimpen aan de Lek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Bakker (1), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Nicolaas van de Groep (53), Amsterdam
• Adriana Van Loon (81), Nieuw Vossemeer
• Antonius van Vugt (73), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus Schram (82), Sliedrecht
• Arie Nicolaas VAN DE GROEP (53), Amsterdam

• 1924 » Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor († 2012)
• 1925 » Felice Bryant, American songwriter († 2003)
• 1926 » Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer († 2015)
• 1927 » Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist († 2003)
• 1927 » Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide († 1959)
• 1927 » Edwin Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana
• 1927 » Rocky Bridges, American baseball player and coach († 2015)
• 1928 » Betsy Byars, American author and academic († 2020)
• 1928 » James Randi, Canadian-American magician and author
• 1928 » Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square

• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)

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).
• 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 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.

The temperature on August 7, 1926 was between 8.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.