About the day » Tuesday July 6, 1926Calender converter

• Conrad Nicholson HILTON, Dallas County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1969)
• Cornelis (Cees) Möhlen, Abbenes († 2014)
• Agnes Antonia Martha Frieda Visser, Rheden († 2011)
• Antonius Gijzen, Oudenbosch († 1999)
• Dirk Boontjes, St. Maartensbrug, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Albertus Johannes ( Bep ) de Boer, Vollenhove († 2005)
• Donabelle Loretta DOEHLING, Clintonville, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Adriana Josiena de Ronde, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Catalyna Dina Verburg, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, NL († 2002)
• Adrianus Antonius Maria van den Brekel, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 2012)

• Cornelia Jacoba Suttorp (86), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Akkermans (68), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• August John Boersma (6)
• Bastiaan van der Meijden (83), nieuw helvoet (zuid holland)
• Anna Rijks (0), Hoornderveen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Kwant (82), Siddeburen (Slochteren)
• Antonius Hubertus Hermans (32), Susteren
• Cecilia Jansd MOLLEMA (CUPERUS) (84), Friesland, Nederland
• Charles Earl James (39), Logan, West Virginia, United States
• Abraham Geuze (72), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1924 » Louie Bellson, American drummer, composer, and bandleader († 2009)
• 1924 » Mahim Bora, Indian writer and educationist, recipients of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour († 2016)
• 1925 » Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1925 » Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon and academic
• 1925 » Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! († 2007)
• 1926 » Armando Silvestre, Mexican-American actor
• 1926 » Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic († 2007)
• 1927 » Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and journalist († 1988)
• 1927 » Janet Leigh, American actress and author († 2004)
• 1928 » Bernard Malgrange, French mathematician

• 1902 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 » Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 » August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1918 » Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1922 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 » Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)

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.
• May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
• 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.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on July 6, 1926 was between 12.5 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.