About the day » Sunday May 26, 2002Calender converter

• Christina Drooger (83), Zeist
• Christina Steffers (86)
• Christina Janssen (82), Arnhem
• Dina Louisa Bloemhard (91), Breda, the Netherlands
• Eloise Evelyn SHOTWELL (81), Whatcom County Washington U.S.A
• Della McIntyre ** (95), F J Davey Home, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
• Amram Dodo (72), Jerusalem, Israel
• Anna Kruithof (95), Strijen (Nedereland)
• Arie van NIELEN (74), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elodie HAGEN (88), Borgerhout, Antwerpen, België

• 1988 » Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
• 1988 » Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 » Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
• 1991 » Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
• 1992 » Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1993 » Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player
• 1993 » Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
• 1993 » Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
• 1996 » Lara Goodall, South African cricketer

• 1999 » Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906)
• 1999 » Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (b. 1898)
• 2001 » Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
• 2001 » Dona Massin, Canadian actress and choreographer (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Moven Mahachi, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1952)
• 2001 » Vittorio Brambilla, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 2002 » Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. Tim
7. David
8. Thijs
9. Jan
10. Jens
11. Tom
12. Niels
13. Robin
14. Luuk
15. Rens
16. Stijn

1. Amber
2. Femke
3. Lisa
4. Emma
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Eloise
8. Julia
9. Eva
10. Laura
11. Sarah
12. Isabella
13. Anne
14. Fleur
15. Iris
16. Lotte

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
• May 20 » The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
• June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
• July 15 » Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
• September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
• November 6 » Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
• December 23 » A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.

The temperature on May 26, 2002 was between 8.3 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.