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• Josephina Wolters, Maastricht, Nederland († 1993)
• Gerard MEYER, Mulhouse 68100 († 1982)
• Jantina Boxem, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Iveta Libânio Moreira dos Santos († 1992)
• Myrna Jane Krull, Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa († 2014)
• Enid Yvonne Hoff, Padang, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia († 2019)
• James Norman Wilksch († 1964)
• Grietje Diewerke Verkaik, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Joseph W. Ferris, Valentine, Nebraska, VS († 2020)
• Hubertus J.M. Broekhoven, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)

• Aagje Adriana Wisfeld (66), Rotterdam
• Anthonij Johannis Cornelis Hoeflake (57), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Heide (8), Auschwitz (Oswiecim) e.o., Katowice, Poland
• Adriana Margaretha Dreyer b4c2d4e8f5 (77)
• Albert James Salter (79), Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
• andreas haenen (89), maasbree
• Abraham Heide (8), Auschwitz
• Alida Boas (3), Auschwitz,Concentratiekamp,Polen
• Adriaan THOMAS SCHEERS (33), Long Nawang (Borneo)
• Alexander** CALDERWOOD (78), Coalville, Summit, Utah, Verenigde Staten

• 1940 » Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1940 » Michael Cockerell, English journalist
• 1940 » Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter
• 1940 » Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
• 1941 » Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
• 1941 » Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer († 2005)
• 1941 » Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player († 2018)
• 1942 » Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1943 » Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 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)
• 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)

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

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

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
• June 21 » World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
• July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
• August 24 » World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USSEnterprise is heavily damaged.
• October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
• December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.

The temperature on August 26, 1942 was between 13.1 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.