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• Gerardus Adrianus Marinus Antonius Veelenturf († 1946)
• Jean L. Cournoyer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States († 2019)
• Anton Karel Johan (Karel) Schalekamp, Den Haag († 1998)
• Jan Frans Djorghi, Jakarta, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië († 2014)
• Gerrit Gerritsz Ekkelenkamp, Urk († 2000)
• Arthur Gerard Hans (Arthur) Tesink, Apeldoorn, Nederland († 2016)
• Govadina Elizabeth Kusters, Dordrecht († 2007)
• André Logiste, Halle-Booienhoven, België († 2023)
• Cecilia Maria van Dijk († 2002)
• Brenda Nell Dillard, Temple, Bell, Texas († 1946)

• Cornelis Roet (68), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Adriana VAN DER CORPUT (68), Oosterhout (NL/NB)
• Charles Van Middel (51), Brugge
• Kanninga (0), Schoonoord (Sleen)
• Antje Weijer (82), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Burgje van der Bom (74), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Maria Geertruid van der Veen (69), Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bertha May Reynolds **** (50), Shelbina, Shelby, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Bikkesbakker (86)
• Adrianus van der Ende (60), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland

• 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
• 1947 » Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1949 » Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric

• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 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)
• 1968 » Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
• February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• March 21 » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
• March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
• October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.

The temperature on August 26, 1946 was between 9.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.