About the day » Tuesday May 26, 1981Calender converter

• Dwi Rahayu Marintan

• Abraham Kolijn (69)
• Aaffien MENNINGA (96)
• Anna Helena Nijhof (86), Emmen
• Aaffien Menninga (96), -
• Adam de Jong (61)
• Anna Helena Nijhof (86), Roelage gem. Vlagtwedde
• Annie May Prince (78), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Nijhof(f) (86)
• Carolus De Laet (75), Lier
• Apollonia Elisabeth HUITEMA (66), Bakhuizen(Friesland)

• 1979 » Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic
• 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
• 1982 » Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
• 1982 » Sten Lassmann, Estonian pianist

• 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)
• 1995 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
• January 20 » Ronald Reagan is inaugurated the 40th President of the United States of America. Twenty minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• April 3 » The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
• April 26 » Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
• August 19 » Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
• August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.

The temperature on May 26, 1981 was between 7.1 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.