About the day » Saturday March 20, 1926Calender converter

• Abraham Roskam, Zierikzee Schouwen-Duiveland Zeeland Nederland († 1951)
• Aartje Aleida Berghuis († 2012)
• Antoon Bissels, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1926)
• Adrianus Antonius Joseph Blijlevens, Dongen († 2006)
• Berend Oldenburger, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2025)
• Alida Anthonia de Bie, Geldermalsen († 2008)
• Antoon ter Braak († 1980)
• Albertje (Ab) Wolde ten, Zwolle, Ov, Nederland († 2013)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Amels, Winkel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Charles Harold van Houtan, Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma († 1990)

• Anna Maria Hubertina Quaedflieg (67), Kerkrade,Gemeente Kerkrade,Limburg,Nederland
• Anna Frens (33), USA
• Alberdina Hazewinkel (0), Laren
• (Stillbirth) DE BOER (0), Groningen
• Andreas Slenders (27), 's Hertogenbosch
• Albertus Bakker (86), Zwolle
• Anna van Vlaanderen (55), Echteld
• Annechien Nijdam (61)
• Aaltje van Maanen (69), Barneveld, Gld, NL
• Anna L. Brown (60), Schuyler County (New York)

• 1922 » Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2017)
• 1923 » Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1923 » Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist († 2006)
• 1925 » John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel († 1999)
• 1927 » John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic († 2019)
• 1928 » Fred Rogers, American television host and producer († 2003)
• 1928 » James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer († 2013)
• 1928 » Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach († 2002)
• 1929 » Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director († 2015)
• 1929 » William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge († 2013)

• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 1925 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1931 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)
• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)

• 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 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on March 20, 1926 was between -1.1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.