About the day » Friday December 26, 1919Calender converter

• Axel Verner Christiansen, Bjµrgsted, Jyderup († 1992)
• Barend Doof († 1943)
• Alida Johanna KLAVER, Apeldoorn Gelderland Netherlands († 1920)
• van Gogh, Schiedam (Z-H) († 1919)
• Arie (Eric) Slothouber, Boskoop Netherlands († 1996)
• Alexander Deurloo, Tholen, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1919)
• Andries Doornekamp, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1992)
• Arend Boxma, Hoogeveen († 1978)
• Anna Margaretha Hake Altenberge, Altenberge (D) († 1998)
• Andreas Theodorus Pont, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)

• Carl Anderson (24), Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama
• Carolina Christina Mewes (52), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Aagje Hendriks de Koning (76), Rotterdam
• Carolina Christina Mewes (53), Nijmegen
• Albert Bolks (80), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Charlotte Wilhelmine Burgemeestre (65), Batavia
• Albertus Cornelius van Borkum (57), Rotterdam
• Adriana Schenk (72), Rotterdam
• Barbara Moser (72), French Twp, Adams, Indiana
• Adrianus Stuijts (70), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1913 » Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist († 1958)
• 1914 » Richard Widmark, American actor († 2008)
• 1915 » Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1918 » Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece († 2006)
• 1918 » Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host († 2011)
• 1921 » John Severin, American illustrator († 2012)
• 1921 » Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1922 » Richard Mayes, English actor († 2006)
• 1923 » Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor († 2013)
• 1924 » Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster († 2017)

• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
• March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
• June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
• August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
• November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

The temperature on December 26, 1919 was between -0.9 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.