About the day » Wednesday May 26, 1920Calender converter

• Anna Maria Hubertina Hupperets, Bocholtz († 2000)
• Antonius Hendrikus Janssen, Gendt († 1985)
• Albert Lee Hartman, Hunlock Creek, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania († 1998)
• Anna Michella OPDENACKER, Brugstraat,Boorsem,Provincie Limburg-Flanders,Belgium († 1923)
• Aaltje Mulder († 1997)
• Abraham Looijen, Wageningen (GL) († 1985)
• Andries Wesdorp, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Anna Maria CARPER, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Albert Oosterwaal, Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland († 1978)
• Kloppenburg, Munsterscheveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1920)

• Anna Hubertina Keunen (Cöhnen) (76), Susterseel (D)
• Adriana van Leeuwen (74), Pella, Marion County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Van Herk (24), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Johannes Leijssenaar (84), Zuidwolde
• Antonius Neefs (74), Wuustwezel, België
• Bastiaantje Kruijne (77), Haarlem
• Angus McDiarmid (95), Dunedin, OTA, New Zealand
• Bartjen Vliem (67), Utrecht
• Anna (Johanna) Maria Alferink (78)
• Bartjen Vliem (67), Utrecht

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

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

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
• April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
• November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
• December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

The temperature on May 26, 1920 was between 12.7 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.