About the day » Monday May 26, 1980Calender converter

• Elwin Emiel Roetman, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Garthe BROOMHALL, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia († 1980)
• Janke Rademaker, Emmen

• Cornelia van der Stelt (90)
• Bessie Lowry (74), Jennings County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia (Corrie) Affourtit (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Jacobus Cult (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Oosters (82), Wilrijk
• Antoinetta Leenders (64), Beek en Donk, Laarbeek
• Antonius Petrus Cornelis van den Boom (86), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Leenders (64), Beek en Donk, Netherlands
• Anna Zandstra (70), Amstelveen
• Cornelia Geervliet (59)

• 1979 » Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic
• 1979 » Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
• 1979 » Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
• 1979 » Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter
• 1980 » Louis-Jean Cormier, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1981 » Anthony Ervin, American swimmer
• 1981 » Ben Zobrist, American baseball player
• 1981 » Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1981 » Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
• 1981 » Robert Copeland, Australian footballer

• 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)
• 1994 » Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (b. 1940)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Mark
6. Michael
7. Martijn
8. David
9. Bart
10. Dennis
11. Paul
12. Richard
13. Robert
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Wouter

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Marieke
4. Linda
5. Kim
6. Jennifer
7. Esther
8. Wendy
9. Patricia
10. Jessica
11. Karin
12. Petra
13. Anna
14. Sarah
15. Monique
16. Johanna

• 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)
• 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
• April 2 » United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
• April 30 » Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
• April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
• May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
• July 29 » Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
• October 30 » El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.

The temperature on May 26, 1980 was between 7.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.