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• Helena Cornelia van Wijnen, Krimpen aan de Lek,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Betty Jane Fraser, Valley Stream, Nassau, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Donald Bruce Lytle, Kings, California († 2017)
• Cornelia Martina de Kamper, Oosterland († 1984)
• Eva Henriette Hansen, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Hendrik Arie van der LEEDEN, Leerdam († 2020)
• Annie Godelieve Pinket, Passendale († 2018)
• Hendrikus Antonie Veldhuis, Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2020)
• Ansulmus Louis Bijl († 1995)
• Albertien Alexandrina Selhorst, 's Gravenhage, ZH Nederland († 2011)

• Berendina van Zomeren (91), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Roozenboom (73), Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Lodders (77), Rotterdam
• Albert Jacobsz Wakker (56), Urk
• Albert Jan Lindenschot (45), Ruurlo
• Aafje Hansen (82), Venhuizen
• Anna Adelheid Rocks- (60), Harderwijk, Nederland
• Antonio Maria Ochoa (99)
• Aris Molenaar (55), Lekkerkerk
• Adam Anderson SCOTT (66), Mole Creek, Tasmania, Australia

• 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
• 1944 » Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 » Judith Rees, English geographer and academic
• 1944 » Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1945 » Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security

• 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)

• 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 9.1 million citizens.
• January 18 » Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
• January 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
• June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
• August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
• October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
• December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.

The temperature on August 26, 1943 was between 9.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.