About the day » Sunday May 9, 1926Calender converter

• "Amaury" Jean Marie Joseph d'Aviau de Ternay, Sarrelouis, Allemagne († 2014)
• Bartha Anna Maria Golverdingen, Schelluinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Anna Maria Josephina Gerards, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland († 2020)
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Neijens, Rozenburg († 2008)
• Barbara Sophia Hoogeveen, Noordwijk († 1997)
• Andre Decap, Merkem West-Vlaanderen, België († 2009)
• Adolph Pieter Verhulsdonk, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Beryl Alene Gatlin Bell [K DNA] († 2019)
• Barbara Elizabeth Conzett, Des Moines, Iowa († 1934)
• Visser, Nieuwer Amstel († 1926)

• Aaltje Dokter (0), Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Helena Johannesdr Witkam (24), Rotterdam
• Arthur 14e duc de Rochechouart (69), Paris 7e
• * Christina Johanna Keuzenkamp (62), Rotterdam
• anna Maria Helena Van Appeven (19)
• Agnes Petronella Seeuws (76), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Akerboom (0), Leiden
• Adriana Sack (0), Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Christina Johanna (Stien) Keuzenkamp (62), Rotterdam
• Abel Fleet (87), Mississippi, Verenigde Staten

• 1921 » Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist († 2016)
• 1923 » Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer († 2008)
• 1924 » Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author († 1997)
• 1926 » John Middleton Murry, Jr., English soldier, pilot, and author († 2002)
• 1927 » Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1928 » Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater († 2012)
• 1928 » Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player († 1995)
• 1928 » Ralph Goings, American painter († 2016)
• 1930 » Joan Sims, English actress († 2001)
• 1930 » Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist († 2010)

• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)

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.
• January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on May 9, 1926 was between 0.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.