About the day » Friday July 2, 1926Calender converter

• Bette Jean Newell, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States († 2005)
• Arina Christina Sillevis, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Mourik, Zevenbergen († 1995)
• Andries Jacobus VERMEULEN, 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1986)
• Catharina Hardeman, Ede († 2003)
• Clistabel (Clissie) MELTON, Ozark Missouri U.S.A († 2014)
• Catharina Elisabeth Gerth, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Alexander Petrus Antonius van der Hoogte, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Benne Corba, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1986)
• Andries, Hingene († 1926)

• Arthur Chester Waters (44), Paris, Texas
• Berend Bond (77), Groningen
• Arie Oversluizen (0), Rotterdam
• * Francis Pennings (53), Eindhoven
• Andreas VAN OORSCHOT (42), Antwerpen Belgie
• Anna Maria DE NEEF (41), Grimbergen,1850,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Berend Bont (77), Groningen
• Aaltje Pieters van Klooster (52), Soest
• Albert Geerdsema (76), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Leonardus Pijpers (0), Rotterdam

• 1923 » Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author († 1958)
• 1923 » Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1925 » Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1925 » Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist († 1963)
• 1925 » Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo († 1961)
• 1926 » Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician († 2007)
• 1927 » Brock Peters, American actor († 2005)
• 1927 » James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1927 » Lee Allen, American saxophone player († 1994)
• 1929 » Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines

• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

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.
• April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
• July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on July 2, 1926 was between 13.4 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.