26th August 1921
Matthias Erzberger, the former Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance of Weimer Germany, is assassinated by the right-wing terrorist group Organisation Consul. Erzberger was widely hated by the right wing for signing the Armistice ending the Great War.
Eamon de Valera is formally named the President of the Irish Republic by the Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of Ireland.
Ship Losses:
Caddo (United States) The barge sank in 65 feet (20 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey southeast of Barnegat Inlet.
City of Brunswick (United States) On passage from Mobile, Alabama, to Antwerp, Belgium, with a cargo of grain and lumber, the cargo ship ran aground off Sambro Island, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and subsequently was wrecked.