About the day » Saturday January 2, 1926Calender converter

• Antoon Köhler, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Darlene Mildred Runyan, Ogen, Boone Co., Iowa († 2003)
• Dirkje Wilhelmina de Water, 's-Gravenhage († 2015)
• Adriana Petronella Gerarda Schilders, Oisterwijk († 1985)
• Elfriede Müller, Janisroda, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany († 2019)
• Dick Groenewold, George, Lyon Co., IA († 1975)
• Anna Margaretha Kuijt († 2019)
• Anna HELLENDOORN, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Elisabeth Maria Pieterman, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1945)
• van der Vlies, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• n.n. van der Vlies (0), Vlaardingen
• Albion N Swartz (40), Darke County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Angenita Frederika Weerensteijn (26), Utrecht
• Hendrika Landzaat (74), utrecht
• Alida Elizabeth Maria Scherjon (69), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Pieter Buist (0), Smilde
• Aaltje Veldman (73), Hoogeveen
• Ane Klazes Sipkema (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna De Bruijn (77), Zuid-Beijerland, Korendijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• (72), Petten

• 1917 » Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer († 2003)
• 1918 » Willi Graf, German physician and activist († 1943)
• 1919 » Beatrice Hicks, American engineer († 1979)
• 1920 » Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry († 1992)
• 1921 » Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)
• 1926 » Gino Marchetti, American football player († 2019)
• 1928 » Dan Rostenkowski, American politician († 2010)
• 1929 » Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland
• 1931 » Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1934 » John Hollowbread, English footballer, goalkeeper († 2007)

• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)

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.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• 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 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on January 2, 1926 was between 5.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.