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• James Earl Ashley, Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Dora Major, SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Hans Schimmel († 1972)
• Jacqueline Mary Cartier († 2001)
• Fransje (Franciscus Adrianus Maria) Thewissen, Melick en Herkenbosch († 1954)
• Jacob HAMAKER, Jutphaas Utrecht Netherlands († 1989)
• Bertus Arie (Bert) van Rheenen, Uitgeest († 2025)
• Hendrika Willemina Breukelman, Hardenberg († 1965)
• Camillus Augustus Antonius Achillus Maenhout, Sluis († 2023)
• Jan Harm Wolfs († 2000)

• Baaye Kramer (78)
• Aaltje Verveld (80), Groningen (Groningen)
• Bernardus Jozeph Houtkamp, Nieuwendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Johan Robert van Dullemen (59), Arnhem
• Adriana Maria Wilhelmina Caron, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Jozeph Houtkamp (10), Nieuwendam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Johan Joseph Schaapveld (37), Jadravnieki, Letland
• Adriana Paulina Stokman (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clazina Maartje Huizer (43), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Armand ROUXEVILLE, SCHLOTTERBECK (47), Marseille, Bouches-du-Rh√¥ne, Provence-Alpes-C√¥te d'Azur, France

• 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
• 1946 » Alison Steadman, English actress
• 1946 » Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education

• 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.
• April 25 » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
• August 4 » The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
• August 12 » Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
• September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
• October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.

The temperature on August 26, 1944 was between 13.2 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.