About the day » Tuesday April 20, 1926Calender converter

• Egbert Oostingh, Erica († 2006)
• Brendan Kelly, Tullamore, Offaly (King's), Ireland († 2005)
• Albertine Bron, Overdinkel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1928)
• Annie van Dijk, Schaesberg L († 1992)
• Annechien (Annie) Niemer († 2016)
• Antonius Leonardus Diepstraten, Gilze en Rijen († 1987)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Heemskerk, Leiden († 2002)
• Dorothy Angeline Abbas, Ackley, Washington Township, Butler County, Iowa († 2008)
• Beeuw Hoitinga, Huizum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1926)
• Aaltje Nijenhuis, Ambt Hardenberg († 2006)

• Fest (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltien Moeke (76), Coevorden
• Amanda Jane Shaw (73), Lima, Allen, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Kornelis Buwalda (70), leeuwarden
• anna elisabeth barthel (75), onstwedde
• Anne Buwalda (71), Leeuwarden
• Antonius Gerardus Johannes (Toon 2) Franciscus de Groot (0), Udenhout
• Arendina Muller (69), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Nijsse (84), Goes, Nederland
• Antonie Ruggenberg (62), Leerdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1924 » Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist and academic
• 1924 » Leslie Phillips, English actor and producer
• 1924 » Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress († 2008)
• 1925 » Elena Verdugo, American actress († 2017)
• 1925 » Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach († 2006)
• 1927 » Bud Cullen, Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration († 2005)
• 1927 » K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 » Phil Hill, American race car driver († 2008)
• 1928 » Johnny Gavin, Irish international footballer († 2007)
• 1928 » Robert Byrne, American chess player and author († 2013)

• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)

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. Mary

• 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.
• January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

The temperature on April 20, 1926 was between 3.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.