About the day » Saturday February 26, 1921Calender converter

• Abraham Cohen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1943)
• A.J.M. (Fred) Halewijn († 2005)
• C Barth Gabbert, Oklahoma († 1990)
• van Leeuwen, ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth (An) Flipse († 2003)
• Abraham Cohen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Alberta Hendrika Willems, Winssen († 2006)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Flipse, Arnhem († 2003)
• Catharina Keizer, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1942)
• Annechien Hilbolling, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)

• Albertus Johannes Dernison (80), Limmen
• Adriaan Adriaanse (82), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Arend Jan Schinkel (80), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Johanna de Vreede (75), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Stijntje Oskam (22)
• Antonetta van Helvoirt (41), Rosmalen
• Adriaan Adriaanse (82), Zoutelande Meliskerke, Nederland
• Antonius Claassen (43), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van Dijk (0), Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Woerkom (66), Eindhoven (Woensel en Eckart), Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland

• 1918 » Otis R. Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana († 2013)
• 1918 » Pyotr Masherov, Leader of Soviet Belarus († 1980)
• 1918 » Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic († 1985)
• 1919 » Mason Adams, American actor († 2005)
• 1920 » Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer († 2005)
• 1920 » Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author († 2006)
• 1920 » Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer († 2004)
• 1921 » Betty Hutton, American actress and singer († 2007)
• 1922 » Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer and businessman († 2007)
• 1922 » Margaret Leighton, English actress († 1976)

• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)
• 1936 » February 26 Incident:
• 1943 » Theodor Eicke, German general (b. 1892)
• 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)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
• March 17 » The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
• March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
• March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
• August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
• November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

The temperature on February 26, 1921 was between -1.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.