About the day » Thursday May 26, 2005Calender converter

• Wouter Reesink, Winterswijk

• Agnes De Riemacker (92)
• Barend Versluis (86), Delft (ZH-NLD)
• "Rolland" Noël Chantal Fernand Le Boucq de Beaudignies (72), Natoye, Hamois, Belgique
• Albrecht Knol (83), Heerenveen
• Adriana Cornelia Oskamp (80)
• Adriana Cornelia Oskamp (80), Rotterdam,Rotterdam
• Annigje Gritter (83), Ruinerwold
• Arendje den Breejen (100), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christy (Kristi) Ann Teahon (24), Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., CO
• Catharina Maria Wilhelmina Boertee (94), Zaandijk, Nederland

• 1988 » Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
• 1988 » Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 » Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
• 1991 » Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
• 1992 » Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1993 » Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player
• 1993 » Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
• 1993 » Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
• 1996 » Lara Goodall, South African cricketer

• 2003 » Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
• 2005 » Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (b. 1937)
• 2006 » Édouard Michelin, French businessman (b. 1963)
• 2006 » Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Howard Porter, American basketball player (b. 1948)
• 2007 » Jack Edward Oliver, English illustrator (b. 1942)

• 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• January 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
• August 14 » Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
• August 18 » A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
• November 30 » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
• December 17 » Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
• December 18 » The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.

The temperature on May 26, 2005 was between 12.7 °C and 29.1 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.