About the day » Thursday January 26, 1928Calender converter

• "Marguerite" Marie Elisabeth Anne Thérèse Gardin du Boisdulier, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France († 2015)
• Albertine Marie Isabelle Jeanne (jonkvrouw) de Blocq van Scheltinga, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Anna Catharina Sweben, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Claude Harold Stokdyk, Cedar Grove, Wisconsin († 2012)
• Anna Cornelia Maria Broerse, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Bernice I Dosier (Singletary), Salters, Williamsburg, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Antje Heidekamp († 2016)
• Albert Wever, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Alice Billen, Alken, België († 2004)
• Veenema, Rotterdam († 1928)

• A J Senltjes (59), Newkirk, Sioux County, Iowa
• Annegien PAAS (33), Oldenburg Lower Saxony Germany
• Antonius Joseph Kaptein (54), Oldenzaal
• Aaltje Jansd Stam (82), Egmond aan Zee
• Albert Wolters (31), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antje Gerrits Stelma (78), Ferwerd
• Anna Gertrudis Nelissen (82), Born, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Stam (82), Egmond aan Zee, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Gerarda Smits (0), Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Jutten (38), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1925 » David Jenkins, English bishop and theologian († 2016)
• 1925 » Joan Leslie, American actress († 2015)
• 1925 » Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own († 2008)
• 1926 » Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar († 2013)
• 1926 » Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company († 2014)
• 1927 » Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout († 1985)
• 1927 » Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1927 » José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras († 2005)
• 1928 » Roger Vadim, French actor and director († 2000)
• 1929 » Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator

• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)

• 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 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 7.6 million citizens.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
• November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

The temperature on January 26, 1928 was between 4.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.