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• Alphonsus Lambertus Marinus Hampsink († 2016)
• "Isabelle" Gabrielle Jeanne de Maleingreau d'Hembise, Gololcha, Ethiopie († 2003)
• Albertus Jacobus Huirne, Eefsele ( Groenlo) († 1999)
• Alexander Mate, Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Antonius Verdonk, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1926)
• Abraham GOUDSMIT, Groningen, Netherlands († 1943)
• "Jeanette" Jans Jans, Den Dungen, NL († 2009)
• Alfons CEUNEN, Koersel, 3582, Beringen, Limburg, België († 2018)
• Annegina van den Berg, Urk († 2010)
• Audrey Lee MOORE, North Carolina U.S.A († 1977)

• Aagje NAAKTGEBOREN (87), 's-Gravendeel
• Barbara Servais (47), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Poldervaart (67), heenvliet (zuid holland)
• Arie Van Den Brink (58), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie van den Hoek (22)
• Antonie van Dijk (55), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje LEGUIJT (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Beaard (88), Loon op Zand
• Adrianus Marinus Justinus Maagdeleijn (23), Rotterdam
• Anne Groenewoud (70), Drachten

• 1921 » John Rawls, American philosopher and academic († 2002)
• 1921 » Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer († 2009)
• 1924 » Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst († 1980)
• 1924 » Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe († 2019)
• 1924 » Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer († 2014)
• 1925 » Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster († 2014)
• 1925 » Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1927 » Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author († 1996)
• 1929 » Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1933 » Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2003)

• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Grietje
16. Trijntje

• 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

The temperature on February 21, 1926 was between 7.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.