About the day » Tuesday May 26, 1936Calender converter

• Frans Joseph Scheren, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)
• Harm Luikens, Vlagtwedde († 2002)
• Fennechiena Johanna Martina (Fien) Kliphuis († 2008)
• Clement Vanvoorden, Hasselt, België († 2023)
• Dirk Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Cornelia Marina (Corrie) van der Nol, 's-Gravenzande († 1991)
• Christien Lips († 2019)
• Hans Willem STIEL, Helmond (N-B) († 2015)
• (l.l.) van Dueren den Hollander, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1936)
• Hendrikus Antonie Rozendal, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2020)

• Amy Gridley Butler (87), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• KEEL (0), North Carolina
• Anna Catharina Klerx (55), Drunen
• Albert Wiegand (74), East Detroit, Macomb, MI
• Aaltje Catharina van Riemsdijk (7), Varik (Neerijnen)
• Anna Hendrina Antonia Nanning (89), delft
• Agnes Haywood Tuck Manson (51), Hamilton, Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand
• Camiel Van Hauwe (49), Maldegem
• Antonius Wilhelmus Hoogduijn (68), Den Haag
• Carolus Benedictus Gelens (60), Geel, België

• 1933 » Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author († 1995)
• 1935 » Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
• 1936 » David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate, English politician
• 1937 » Manorama, Indian actress and singer († 2015)
• 1937 » Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
• 1938 » K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer († 2013)
• 1938 » Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
• 1938 » Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress
• 1938 » William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
• 1939 » Brent Musburger, American sportscaster

• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Petrus
8. Pieter
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Antonius
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Helena
14. Margaretha
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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
• January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
• January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
• July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
• August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
• August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.

The temperature on May 26, 1936 was between 7.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.