About the day » Friday February 26, 1960Calender converter

• Russell Craig KNIGHT († 1960)
• Henk Mastenbroek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Drijvers, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Piet Beugelink († 1994)
• Francis Vandormael, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• Kevin Thomas Gels, New York,, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Dwight D Kruizenga, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Gerardus Arnoldus Joannes Maria Overgaag, De Lier († 2011)
• Willanda Mosterd, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Willanda Mosterd, Apeldoorn († 2018)

• Anna Maria Arnolda Melanie Franken (80), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Bergen (76), Breda
• Aaltje Berends (79), Amen (Rolde)
• Adrianus de Ridder (55), Vlaardingen
• Adrianus Hendrikus van den Berg (68), Delft, Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Beulah Mae COTTLE (85), Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX
• Andries Meekers (85), Hamont, België
• Arie Wijnhoff (37), Dordrecht
• Matthijsse (67)
• Alida Marseille (89), Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1957 » David Beasley, American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina
• 1957 » Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Greg Germann, American actor and director
• 1958 » Paul Ackford, English rugby player
• 1958 » Susan Helms, American general, engineer, and astronaut
• 1958 » Tim Kaine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Virginia
• 1959 » Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1959 » Rolando Blackman, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Jaz Coleman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1962 » Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician

• 1945 » Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Sabiha Kasimati, Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1912) executed with 20 others
• 1952 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. John
7. Hendrik
8. Robert
9. Gerrit
10. Ronald
11. Petrus
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Hans
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Cornelia
5. Anna
6. Yvonne
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Monique
10. Ingrid
11. Anita
12. Jacqueline
13. Karin
14. Petronella
15. Marianne
16. Adriana

• 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
• February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
• February 29 » The 5.7M_w  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
• March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
• May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
• July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
• August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.

The temperature on February 26, 1960 was between 4.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.