About the day » Monday May 26, 1919Calender converter

• Antonie Faro, 's-Gravenmoer († 1919)
• Dick Ackers, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Annette van der Plas, Long Island, Kansas (U.S.A.) († 1952)
• Dirk Adrianus Ackers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Anna Hendrika KITSZ, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Alvis Newton Simpson [MStt DNA], Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas († 1982)
• Rik Denissen († 1994)
• Cornelia Frankfort, Haarlemmermeer († 2013)
• Dora Elizabeth Betty Elbrader, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Betty Alta REID, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America († 1977)

• Anthonia van den Haselkamp (6), Montfoort
• Aaltje Van Der Weide (21), Hollandscheveld
• Aaltje Wielenga (0), Zevenaar
• Agatha van KLAVEREN (47), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amalia LIECKENS (62), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Hendrica Maria Biezeno (2), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta NIELSEN (66), Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Mary Cornelia Steffen (76), Oldenburg, Franklin, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Margaretha Krops (2), Groningen
• Andries Boogaard (85), Sint Laurens, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1915 » Antonia Forest, English author († 2003)
• 1915 » Vernon Alley, American bassist († 2004)
• 1916 » Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author († 1972)
• 1919 » Rubén González, Cuban pianist († 2003)
• 1920 » Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer († 1980)
• 1920 » Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress († 2002)
• 1921 » Inge Borkh, German soprano († 2018)
• 1922 » Troy Smith, American businessman, founded Sonic Drive-In († 2009)
• 1923 » James Arness, American actor († 2011)
• 1923 » Roy Dotrice, English actor († 2017)

• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)

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 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
• June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
• December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

The temperature on May 26, 1919 was between 9.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.