About the day » Wednesday August 26, 1931Calender converter

• Beulah Helen VANDERSTOEP, Sedro Woolley, Skagit County, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Arie Gerrrit Muis, Rotterdam († 1934)
• Arie Schinkel, Den Helder († 2018)
• Aaltje Korevaar, Willige Langerak († 1942)
• Andre Groenendal, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Anton Hekman, Den-Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 1968)
• Aartje van Essen, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Crelis “van de Knoest” Tol, Volendam († 2020)
• Esther Maria Paschold, 's-Gravenhage († 1945)
• Catharina Maria van Tunen, Heemskerk († 1957)

• Baukje Sybesdr Travaillé (69), Tzummarum,, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Braun (73), Breda
• Anna Margaretha Pieterdina MEIJER (56), Haren
• Cornelia Hoogendoorn (36), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Carolina Paul (62), Soerabaja
• Cornelia Braun (73), Breda
• Cornelia Hoogendoorn (36), (UT) Utrecht
• Bernardina Ina Schellings (72), Middelburg,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arend Jan ter Wengel (73), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Tabakspinder (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).

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.