About the day » Sunday January 3, 1926Calender converter

• Alberta van Dinther, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1926)
• Adrianus van den bergen, rotterdam († 2000)
• anna maria de galan, rotterdam († 1978)
• Antonia Martina Theresia (Tina) van der Valk, Boekel (N-B) († 1991)
• Charles Cooper Todd Sr ?****, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Bertha Johanna (Betty) Lansink, Enschede, Nederland († 2012)
• Chester Clayton Croswhite, Roundup Muss, Montana († 1991)
• Bobbinette Ann Gut, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Audrey A Kimm, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• , Sassenheim († 1993)

• Aaltje Valk (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Hounam (83), Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jacobs de Hoop (74), Vroomshoop den Ham
• ? Klaver (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• annigje LUGTENBURG (76), rotterdam
• Aaltje de Ruiter (88), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje de Ruiter (88), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Tamina ten Cate (83), Arnhem {GE}
• Antje de Kok (91), Delft,-
• Anna Hounam (83), Pijnacker

• 1923 » Hank Stram, American football coach and sportscaster († 2005)
• 1924 » André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator († 1997)
• 1924 » Nell Rankin, American soprano and educator († 2005)
• 1924 » Otto Beisheim, German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG († 2013)
• 1925 » Jill Balcon, English actress († 2009)
• 1926 » George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer († 2016)
• 1926 » W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1928 » Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak († 2015)
• 1929 » Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor
• 1929 » Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1989)

• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)

• 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.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• 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.
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.

The temperature on January 3, 1926 was between 6.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.