About the day » Wednesday May 5, 1926Calender converter

• Cecil Ray Ash, Youngsville, Warren, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Annie Krabbendam, Heemstede († 1926)
• Bing Russell, Brattleboro, Vermont, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Antoine Scheurweg, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2001)
• Ary de Geus († 2008)
• Catharina Anna Boots, Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2012)
• Anny Adama van Scheltema, Den Haag
• Andele Cornelis Pottjewijd, Winschoten († 1996)
• Berendina van der Weide, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Albert Jan Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn {GE} († 1975)

• Agness Post (63), Somerville, Sommerset, NJ
• Aime Van Neste (28), Steenkerke West-Vlaanderen
• Anna Wilhelmina Luijpen (56), Dreumel
• Arnoldus Hubertus van Spaandonk (86), Tilburg
• Arnoldus Hubertus van Spaandonk (86), Tilburg Nederland
• Arend Jakobs KREMER (40), Loppersum Groningen Netherlands
• Andries Buizert (74), Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Roelse (69), Serooskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Beertje Van 't Hof (75), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Sijbert Huijsman (69), Zaandam

• 1921 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1922 » Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian († 2003)
• 1923 » Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician († 2017)
• 1923 » James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director († 2016)
• 1923 » Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic († 2003)
• 1923 » William C. Campbell, American golfer († 2013)
• 1925 » Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician († 1978)
• 1927 » Pat Carroll, American actress
• 1929 » Ilene Woods, American actress († 2010)
• 1930 » Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)

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. Trijntje

• 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 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

The temperature on May 5, 1926 was between 6.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.