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Born on Friday January 22, 1926
Died on Friday January 22, 1926

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 22, 1926 at Delpher


Born on January 22
  • 1923 » Diana Douglas, British-American actress († 2015)
  • 1924 » Charles Lisanby, American production designer and art director († 2013)
  • 1924 » Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal († 2015)
  • 1924 » J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer († 2001)
  • 1925 » Bobby Young, American baseball player († 1985)
  • 1925 » Johnny Bucha, American baseball player († 1996)
  • 1927 » Joe Perry, American footballer († 2011)
  • 1927 » Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster († 2009)
  • 1928 » Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian, author, and academic († 2004)
  • 1929 » Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster († 2007)

Died on January 22

Names that were popular for boys in 1926
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1926
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1926
  • 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 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
  • April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
  • August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
Weather January 22, 1926

The temperature on January 22, 1926 was between -2.2 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.

Source: KNMI