About the day » Tuesday October 26, 1971Calender converter

• Adolf Willem van Leeuwen, 's-Gravenzande († 2021)
• Andr Johnny KRUIZENGA, Kampen Overijssel Netherlands († 1971)
• Hendricus Johan Cornelis Antonette van Kempen († 2007)
• Debra Renee Meendering († 1971)
• Detri L Todd **** († 2017)
• Mathys Boeren, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Sigrid Anne Geerts Twijnstra, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1978)
• Mireille Tangelder, Doetinchem,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)

• Andries Gerritse (64), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Bevers (75), Veghel
• Aagje van 't Wout (93)
• Akke Hilberdina (Dina) Vorsteveld (61), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Gerardus Heggers (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andr Johnny KRUIZENGA (0), Kampen Overijssel Netherlands
• Aafke Ages Joustra (79), leiden
• Abraham Ouwerkerk (83), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Laar (71)
• Ale Pietersma (73), Drachten, Smallingerland (Frl)

• 1970 » Dian Bachar, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
• 1971 » Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
• 1971 » Audley Harrison, English boxer
• 1971 » Jim Butcher, American author
• 1971 » Ronnie Irani, English cricketer
• 1972 » Daniel Elena, Monegasque race car driver
• 1972 » Matsuko Deluxe, Japanese journalist and author
• 1973 » Austin Healey, English rugby player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1962 » Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Sylvia Likens, 16-year-old group torture/murder victim in Indianapolis (b. 1949)
• 1966 » Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
• 1972 » Igor Sikorsky, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Semyon Budyonny, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and author (b. 1919)
• 1978 » Alexander Gerschenkron, Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (b. 1917)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Marcel
7. Jeroen
8. Mark
9. Richard
10. Michael
11. Patrick
12. Edwin
13. Pieter
14. Cornelis
15. David
16. Hendrik

1. Sandra
2. Maria
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Anna
7. Saskia
8. Jolanda
9. Karin
10. Ingrid
11. Petra
12. Miranda
13. Yvonne
14. Astrid
15. Linda
16. Cornelia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
• April 17 » The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
• June 7 » The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
• September 20 » Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
• November 22 » In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
• December 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.

The temperature on October 26, 1971 was between 5.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.