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• Berdina Maria Docter, Apeldoorn († 2006)
• Elizabeth Van Donkersgoed, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1975)
• Elisabeth Johanna van Geest († 2004)
• Apolonia de Vliegere, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Beulah BISHOP, Delta, Millard County, Utah, United States of America († 1933)
• Antonius van der Horst, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Dieuwertje Schouten, Anna Paulowna († 2002)
• Aleida Maria (Lidy) Pickkers, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Antonius Petrus Cornelis Verbeek, Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1999)
• Rink Lantinga († 2020)

• Cecelia van Kampen (0), Sully, Jasper County, Iowa
• Alida Verheul (52), Utrecht
• Charles Jackson Frink (67)
• Amy Leota larroway│Laraway (57), Verenigde Statn
• Anna Mantel (77), Hoogwoud
• Berendina van Brakel (75), Tilburg
• Adriaan van Dijsseldonk (84), Waalre
• Albertus J. De Vries (62), Marquette (Marquette County) (Michigan)
• Aagje Delver (60), Den Helder, Nederland
• Charles Madison Stewart (69)

• 1925 » Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France († 1999)
• 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)
• 1930 » Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach
• 1931 » Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player († 2009)
• 1932 » Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player († 2014)

• 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. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Dirk

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
• April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.

The temperature on August 26, 1929 was between 5.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.