About the day » Wednesday August 26, 1931Calender converter

• Célia Molitor, Pereiras, São Paulo, Brasil († 2007)
• Beulah Helen VANDERSTOEP, Sedro Woolley, Skagit County, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Arie Gerrrit Muis, Rotterdam († 1934)
• Geertje Limburg († 2017)
• Dirk Roelof Bennen, Krommenie († 2014)
• Antoinette Eijbelsheim, Rotterdam
• Arie Poot, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Cornelis (crelis) Tol, Volendam († 2020)
• Adriana Noordhoek († 2012)
• Corneel Johannes LENAERTS, Peer (Limburg) (B) († 2013)

• Aaltje Verburg (69), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Arend Jan ter Wengel (73), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• America M Anthony*** (90), Giles County, Tennessee, United States of America
• Agatha Christina Rust (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius de Jong (54), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Elijzabeth Smeets (52), Merkelbeek
• Aaltje Nuijen (49), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis van Etten (66)
• Birchie Montgomery (64)
• Albertus Veenbergen (56), Olst

• 1926 » Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator († 1999)
• 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)
• 1934 » Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician
• 1934 » Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1935 » Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician († 2011)
• 1935 » Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic († 2007)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
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 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 7.9 million citizens.
• March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
• November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
• November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

The temperature on August 26, 1931 was between 8.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.