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• Aleida Berendina Wennink, Enschede († 1926)
• Aleida Roelina Parlevliet, Katwijk († 1998)
• Allegonda Francisca Maria van Herpen, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Arie Bastiaan Esmann († 2004)
• Aparecida Cunha, Monte Alegre do Sul, São Paulo, Brasil († 2017)
• Bernadette R Szczytko († 2008)
• Albertje Huibertje Jansen, Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse Renard Antoine Lauwerijssen, Cheratte(Belgie) († 1979)
• Anna May Gritters, Perkins, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Albert de Groot, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1996)

• Catherine 'Cate' Swink (83), South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Willems de Boer (58), Urk
• Anna Maria Derix (47), Afferden, NL
• Asher LEVINE (5), Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada
• Alida van Regteren (74), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• van der Hagen (0), Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Margritha Petronellla Klaassen (70), Hilversum
• Nieuwenhoven (0), Tilburg
• Benjamin van Emden (74), Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, United States of America
• Aaltje de Boer (58), Urk

• 1923 » Fred Hunt, British jazz pianist († 1986)
• 1924 » Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer († 1957)
• 1926 » Don Dunstan, Fijian-Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia († 1999)
• 1926 » Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1926 » Fereydoon Moshiri, Iranian poet and critic († 2000)
• 1929 » Bernard Williams, English-Italian philosopher and academic († 2003)
• 1929 » Edgar Valter, Estonian author and illustrator († 2006)
• 1929 » Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager († 1979)
• 1930 » Bob Stokoe, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1930 » John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter († 2004)

• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Osgood Perkins, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1942 » John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Alexander Koshetz, Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Artur Phleps, Romanian general (b. 1881)

• 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 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on September 21, 1926 was between 13.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.