About the day » Monday July 26, 1926Calender converter

• Charles Bartholomew Kerr, Coalisland, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1976)
• Carrie Sadie Mastbergen, Archer, O'Brien County, Iowa († 2013)
• Catharina Margaretha Pas, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)
• van Berkel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Marinus de Hont, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Christina Maria Dreumer, Bussum († 2009)
• Charles Dassen, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1981)
• Annie Frances Duffy, Clara, Co Offaly, Ireland († 1975)
• Catharina Josephina Maria Jansen, Helmond († 1995)
• Andriesje Dijkstra, ,, Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 2000)

• Anthonius Veldhuijzen (84), Zoeterwoude
• Angelina Hubertina PEETERS (61), Roggel, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Wybes van den Berg (66), Tietjerksteradeel
• Antonio de Azevedo Dória (52), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• angelina hubertina peeters (61), budel
• Adrianus Johannes Lodevicus Lambermont (61), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Benedictus van Lier (84)
• Anthonie Veldhuijzen (84), Zoeterwoude
• Antonius Hendrikus van Blokland (0), Culemborg
• Balthasar Schuurbiers (68), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1925 » Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic († 2014)
• 1925 » Gene Gutowski, Polish-American film producer († 2016)
• 1925 » Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician († 2000)
• 1925 » Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer († 2015)
• 1926 » Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist
• 1926 » James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1927 » Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer († 2003)
• 1928 » Don Beauman, English race car driver († 1955)
• 1928 » Elliott Erwitt, French-American photographer and director
• 1928 » Francesco Cossiga, Italian academic and politician, 8th President of Italy († 2010)

• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)

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. Mary

• 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 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• 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.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.

The temperature on July 26, 1926 was between 9.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.