About the day » Wednesday April 21, 1926Calender converter

• August Nicolaas Saaltink, Semarang, Java, Indonesia († 1950)
• Bertha Maria Saenen, Zichem 3770(Belgie) († 1926)
• Anna Mae Motes, Scottsville, Mitchell, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Emmens, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1926)
• Adrianus C Maria Menken, Oegstgeest († 2006)
• Albert (Ab) Nimberg, Havelte († 2019)
• Aaltje ('Alice') Koekoek, Zweeloo, Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1992)
• Adriana Kretzmuller, Den Haag († 2017)
• Aaltje ( Alice) Koekoek, Langerak (Oosterhesselen) († 1992)
• * Agniet Madern, Rotterdam († 2003)

• Anna Maria Roelfsema (53), Usquert (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Emmens (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Spanjaard (24)
• Anna van der Heijden (83), Rotterdam
• Alwine Agnes Clementine Bohlen (84), auf Zijp bei Arnheim
• Alwina Agnes Clementina Bohlen (84), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriaantje Luyendijk (92), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Christina Bijl
• Aloisius Petrus Alouisius Petrus Clerx (71), Ubbergen / Nijmegen
• Adriaantje Luijendijk (92), Klaaswaal, Cromstrijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1922 » Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1922 » Allan Watkins, Welsh-English cricketer († 2011)
• 1923 » John Mortimer, English lawyer and author († 2009)
• 1924 » Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player († 1965)
• 1925 » Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
• 1925 » John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire († 2018)
• 1926 » Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager and cricketer († 2002)
• 1926 » Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms
• 1927 » Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author († 1991)
• 1928 » Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1996)

• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)

• 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.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• 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.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

The temperature on April 21, 1926 was between 3.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.