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• Bastiaan VERSTEEG, Schiedam, ZH, Nederland († 1981)
• van der Sleen, Beilen († 1927)
• Claude Marie Jacques Richard de Bardin, Poitiers, Vienne, France († 2014)
• Anna Johanna van der LEEDE, Nieuw Cuyk († 1998)
• Antje van Baren, Almelo († 2007)
• Arthur James Lehman, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Berendina Kwakkel, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)
• Bram van Empelen, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Antonius Adrianus Lukassen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Bastiaantje Dekker, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)

• Cornelia Meerbeek (71), Woudenberg,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Verheul (62), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Augustinus Peeters (77), Herentals, België
• Antonius Hubertus Bongers (63), Haelen
• Cornelis de Krijger (83), Amsterdam
• Angelo Louis Dominicus Mazzoli (74), Weesp, Nederland
• Aaltje Reiber (0), de Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• David MacDonald
• Steg (0), Borculo
• Cornelis Roos (59), Rotterdam

• 1924 » Alex Kellner, American baseball player († 1996)
• 1925 » Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France († 1999)
• 1925 » Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician († 2018)
• 1925 » Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer († 2010)
• 1925 » Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic († 2005)
• 1925 » Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 2013)
• 1926 » Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator († 1999)
• 1926 » Robert Vickrey, American painter and author († 2011)
• 1928 » Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles († 2015)
• 1929 » Reuben Kamanga, Zambian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia († 1996)

• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Gerardus
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Aaltje
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• 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 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 7.5 million citizens.
• February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
• April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
• May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
• November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

The temperature on August 26, 1927 was between 9.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.