About the day » Tuesday April 26, 1921Calender converter

• Derk Jan GILDEMEESTER, Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Clementina Hubertina Maria Bauwens, Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland († 1990)
• Christina Tettelaar, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Aaltje Huisman, Ambt Vollenhove († 1921)
• (Stillborn) SMIT, Leeuwarderadeel Friesland Netherlands († 1921)
• * Martinus van Bakel, Vught († 2000)
• Cornelis Adrianus Vermeulen, Drunen († 1986)
• Antonius Franciscus Maria van Roosmalen, Den Bosch († 1922)
• Bernard Prinsen († 1997)
• Arina Johanna Pothoven, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 2007)

• Aleida Lohuis (81), Stad Delden
• Bordina van Wijk (5), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Barbara Laven (85), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnolda Konincks (87), delft
• ? Kroezen
• Antje Ankes Dorenspleet (84), Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Laurijssen (73), Mechelen (België)
• Antje Ankes Doornspleet (84), Harich (gemeente Gaasterland)
• Aleida Willemina Chevalking (75), Zelhem
• Cornelia Meij (38), Ede

• 1917 » I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower († 2019)
• 1917 » Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach († 1992)
• 1917 » Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach († 2013)
• 1918 » Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper († 2004)
• 1921 » Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer († 2008)
• 1922 » J. C. Holt, English historian and academic († 2014)
• 1922 » Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada († 1993)
• 1922 » Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer († 2019)
• 1924 » Browning Ross, American runner and soldier († 1998)
• 1925 » Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author († 2019)

• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)

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 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
• June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
• November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

The temperature on April 26, 1921 was between 6.8 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.