About the day » Wednesday January 26, 1921Calender converter

• Caspar Leonardus Gerrits, Echt, Netherlands († 1921)
• Annie (Anna) Robben, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 2003)
• Adriana Laurine Jeanette Plaatsman, Heteren († 1994)
• Annetje van den Bos († 1988)
• Albertus Schelhaas, Wetering, Steenwijkerwold, Nederland († 2011)
• Anthonius Joha, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1989)
• Anna Hendrika van Staveren, Utrecht († 2004)
• Armella Ehrenberger († 2010)
• Christianus. de Jong, Steenbergen († 2002)
• Anna Maria Schaeks, Voerendaal († 2010)

• Annie Cresswell Bridger (64), Hawera, South Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand
• Adrianus van meel (58), Haarlem
• Adrianus Egbertsz Volkers (87), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Brattinga (63), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina van Gijn (72), Eibergen {GE}
• Anne Elizabeth Cummins Brown (84), Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Antonius van Tuijl (83), Baardwijk, NL
• Auke Meines Scheweer (0), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Nieman (33), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Belle M. Harden (50)

• 1919 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2020)
• 1919 » Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer († 1949)
• 1920 » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author († 2009)
• 1921 » Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony († 1999)
• 1921 » Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records († 2005)
• 1922 » Gil Merrick, English footballer († 2010)
• 1922 » Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1922 » Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health († 1993)
• 1923 » Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral († 2014)

• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)

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

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
• March 17 » The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
• June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
• June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
• August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

The temperature on January 26, 1921 was between 6.9 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.