About the day » Saturday February 6, 1926Calender converter

• Christiaan Herman Weststrate, Rilland Bath, Zeeland, Nederland († 1945)
• van Bakel, Deurne († 1998)
• Arnoldus Theodorus van Dijk, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2006)
• Dean Arden Flynn, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2020)
• Cornelis Reijnders, Castricum († 2000)
• Clement Goorts, Stevoort, België († 1997)
• Agatha Jacoba Berkhout, Dordrecht († 2004)
• Arnoldus Adrianus van Gameren, Rumpt (Deil) (GL) († 2008)
• Albert Willem Aalderink, Steenderen († 2013)
• Antje Geertruida Everts, De Balk, Garnwerd († 2012)

• Anna Van Dijk (78), Pernis
• Adriana Alblas (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Vlecken (1), Kerkrade
• Agnès Rock (60)
• August Willem Frederik Beukers (57), Diest
• Anna Maria Steevens (88), Hulst
• Adam van der Luit (0), Oegstgeest
• Berend Haak (87), Groningen
• Adrianus Theodorus Appeldoorn (1), Tilburg
• Adrianus Cornelis van Zantvoort (17), Leende, Nederland

• 1922 » Patrick Macnee, English-American actor and costume designer († 2015)
• 1923 » Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager († 1981)
• 1924 » Billy Wright, English footballer and manager († 1994)
• 1924 » Jin Yong, Hong Kong author and publisher, founded Ming Pao († 2018)
• 1925 » Walker Edmiston, American actor and puppeteer († 2007)
• 1927 » Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer († 1992)
• 1928 » Allan H. Meltzer, American economist and academic († 2017)
• 1929 » Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian, invented the tranquilliser gun († 2008)
• 1929 » Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan author and critic († 2011)
• 1929 » Valentin Yanin, Russian historian and author († 2020)

• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)

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.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

The temperature on February 6, 1926 was between 6.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.