About the day » Tuesday November 2, 1926Calender converter

• Bintje Hendriks Rinzema, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1984)
• van der Bijl, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Kenyon, Blackburn, Lancashire († 1961)
• Allie Marie Skipper, North West Twp., Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1993)
• Alte Cuperus, Groningen, Groningen, Friesland, Nederland († 1941)
• DG van der Bijl, Tilburg Nederland († 1926)
• David Koster, Ferwerd († 2014)
• Doris Elaine Gullickson († 2007)
• Cornelis Jacobus Knulst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Catharina Jansen, Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1926)

• Aart van den Brink (82), Putten zie Gelderland-(Gelderse Vallei) Putten
• Adriaan Schijvens (83), Tilburg
• Aart v d Brink (82), Putten
• Antje Cornelis Hazenberg (44), Leeuwaarden
• Antje Cornelis HANENBERG (44), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Arnoldus de Man (80), Strijen
• Abraham van Assendelft (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Sipes (63), Fulton County, Pennsylvania
• Anna van der Kreeft (48), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Afra Johanna Buck (16), Den Helder

• 1924 » David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1988)
• 1924 » Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer († 2016)
• 1926 » Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ († 2008)
• 1926 » Myer Skoog, American basketball player († 2019)
• 1927 » John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician
• 1927 » Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator († 2018)
• 1928 » Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian († 2011)
• 1928 » Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author
• 1929 » Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation († 2013)
• 1929 » Robert Gover, American journalist and author († 2015)

• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
• 1911 » Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)
• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)

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

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

• 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.

The temperature on November 2, 1926 was between -1.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.