About the day » Wednesday September 1, 1926Calender converter

• Bernice VREUGDENHIL, Aurora Center Aurora Co SD († 1996)
• Claude C Letner († 1991)
• Aukje Van Der Laan, Doezum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1997)
• Adriana van der Linden, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2013)
• Arie Houtveen, Leeuwarden (FR, NLD) († 1997)
• Charles Gates, Ohio († 1926)
• Emilie Harriet van Randwijck, Amersfoort († 2013)
• Antonia Klep, Etten-Leur († 2004)
• Carl Bailey, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America († 1973)
• Aalbert Jan Noorlander, Bergambacht († 2002)

• Annie Roelfsema (35), Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Carolina Johanna Hermse (85), Rotterdam, Z-H, NL
• Adrianus Paasen (1), Bergen op Zoom
• Cornelis Joannes Lochtenberg (76)
• Anthonie PELGRIM (86), Rotterdam
• Antonina Iwicka (49), Czersk, Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
• Christiaan Hein Moes (6), Emmen
• Beatrix Klarenbeek (70), Boxtel
• Apolonia Adriana van Giersbergen (34), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Fernout (68), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1923 » Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector († 2006)
• 1923 » Rocky Marciano, American boxer († 1969)
• 1924 » Hal Douglas, American voice actor († 2014)
• 1925 » Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1982)
• 1925 » Arvonne Fraser, American activist († 2018)
• 1926 » Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh († 2017)
• 1926 » Gene Colan, American illustrator († 2011)
• 1926 » Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach († 2012)
• 1927 » Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter († 2015)
• 1927 » Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter († 1978)

• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)

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. Mary

• 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.
• January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• 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.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on September 1, 1926 was between 15.1 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.