About the day » Saturday May 26, 1973Calender converter

• Megan Jayne Burnette, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand († 1973)
• Elvira Kwant, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1973)

• Alida Martina de Winter (75)
• Carl Joseph Kramer (78), Alexandria, Campbell, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Anna, Maria van Dijk (72)
• Artive V. Moss (68), Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama, United States of America
• Alfons Put (62), Heusden
• Catharina Wilhelmina Fecken (72), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Basilia Ladeira (76), Indianópolis, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Bernard McFarland (67), Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Antonius Coenraad Albertus TAS (73), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aantje Leeuwis (97), Wijngaarden Z.H. Nederland

• 1970 » Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator
• 1971 » Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
• 1971 » Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer
• 1973 » Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer
• 1974 » Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
• 1975 » Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1976 » Justin Pierre, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1976 » Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
• 1976 » Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach
• 1976 » Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor

• 1959 » Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894)
• 1969 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Silvio Moser, Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1978 » Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1979 » George Brent, Irish-American actor (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Don Revie, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)

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

1. Sandra
2. Bianca
3. Maria
4. Johanna
5. Miranda
6. Monique
7. Wendy
8. Esther
9. Ingrid
10. Anna
11. Jennifer
12. Natasja
13. Karin
14. Patricia
15. Saskia
16. Nicole

• 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
• April 4 » The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
• June 21 » In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.
• June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
• November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
• December 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.
• December 9 » British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.

The temperature on May 26, 1973 was between 7.5 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.