About the day » Friday April 2, 1926Calender converter

• Abraham Konings, Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2010)
• Anna Maria van de Vorst, Maarheeze († 1995)
• Carla Johanna Maria Bouvy, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1944)
• A.J(Bertus) Benerink, Tubbergen († 1980)
• Albert Hippolyte Anne Marie Joseph Corneille ORTEGAT, Gent, 44021, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 2021)
• Postma († 1992)
• Soppe, De Krim († 1932)
• Annie Derksen, Arnhem {GE} († 1999)
• Adrianus Bertus J van de Sanden, Geldrop († 1973)
• Adriana Christina van der Kemp († 2013)

• Aaltje Schaap (68), Huizen, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Neurath, Süß, Hessen, Deutschland
• Albertus Laarman (63), Amsterdam
• Albertus Laarman (63), Amsterdam
• Aída Ferreira Gomes (37), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Adriana Josepha Pulles (39), Valkenswaard, Nederland
• Anna Gertruida Verheijen (80), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Brugmans (62), Nijmegen
• Bakker (77), Sleen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Helena Sanders- (76), Valthermond, Nederland

• 1924 » Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player († 2004)
• 1925 » George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1925 » Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host († 1987)
• 1926 » Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver († 2014)
• 1926 » Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat († 2006)
• 1927 » Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1927 » Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier († 2012)
• 1927 » Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army († 2014)
• 1927 » Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic († 1980)
• 1927 » Rita Gam, American actress († 2016)

• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)

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.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on April 2, 1926 was between 2.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.