About the day » Thursday July 26, 2001Calender converter

• Calvin Gijs Reinders, Beverwijk, Nederland
• Cas Fransen, Horssen

• Albertha Josephina Geredina BROEKGERRITS (87), (OV) Nijverdal
• Antonia van Gaalen (68), 's-Gravenzande
• Anna Margaretha Roelfes (85), Nieuwe Pekela
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Cornelis van der Smissen (88), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Rijk (70), Kloosterzande,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Betty Lou Voss (73)
• Aren Sarelse (88), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Nicoline Pesch (76), Amsterdam
• Anna Daling (84), Grand Rapids, Kent County, US-MI
• Arigje Muilwijk (102), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1987 » Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
• 1987 » Jordie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer
• 1988 » Yurie Omi, Japanese female announcer
• 1991 » Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player
• 1993 » Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
• 1996 » Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete

• 1996 » Max Winter, American businessman and sports executive (b. 1903)
• 1999 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Walter Jackson Bate, American author and critic (b. 1918)
• 2000 » John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Peter von Zahn, German journalist and author (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Rex T. Barber, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2004 » William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Alexander Golitzen, Russian-born American production designer and art director (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (b. 1925)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Lucas
4. Robin
5. Daan
6. Lars
7. Max
8. Tim
9. Bram
10. Ruben
11. Jasper
12. Thijs
13. Jacob
14. Sander
15. Niels
16. Stijn

1. Emma
2. Britt
3. Femke
4. Julia
5. Ilse
6. Sophie
7. Sanne
8. Amber
9. Anna
10. Laura
11. Lisa
12. Fleur
13. Charlotte
14. Anne
15. Maria
16. Anastasia

• 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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
• January 26 » The 7.7 M_w Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
• April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
• April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
• June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
• September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
• September 21 » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.

The temperature on July 26, 2001 was between 14.3 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.