About the day » Friday October 26, 1973Calender converter

• Gerrit Hendrik Jonker († 2020)
• Annelies van Ommen, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)
• Baud Vandenbemden
• Sander Gerrits Krol, Sijbrandaburen, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Mariska LUTTIKHOLT († 1973)

• Cornelia Maria Polle (72), Groet, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus MINNEN (77), Herenthout,2270,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrianus Gerardus Johannes RAS (74)
• Aafje van Doornik (73)
• Adam Hendrik Doornbos (57), Calgary (Canada)
• Aaltje van Doornik (73), Enkhuizen
• Barbara Wouters Hooghiemstra (78)
• Anna Hermans (72), Sevenum,, Limburg, Nederland
• Ariën Stada (74), Terschelling
• Antonia johanna Houkes (87), Rotterdam

• 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
• 1973 » Taka Michinoku, Japanese wrestler and trainer
• 1974 » Raveena Tandon, Indian actress, producer, and former model

• 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. 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. Patricia
14. Karin
15. Nicole
16. Saskia

• 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.
• March 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
• April 4 » The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
• May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
• July 17 » King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
• August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
• 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 October 26, 1973 was between 2.2 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.