About the day » Saturday February 26, 1927Calender converter

• Anne Marie Arnoldine Josephine Tholen, ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands († 2004)
• Elisabeth van de Camp, Megen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Edwin Allen Janeway, Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS († 1997)
• Cornelis Zonneveld, Castricum
• Arend Dirk Stokkel, Sappemeer, Nederland († 1990)
• Arie van Eijk, Delft († 1985)
• Adriaan Johannes Marie Zijlmans, Hillegersberg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Aaltje van Lienden, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 2011)
• Adriaan Kampherbeek († 2004)
• Elbertje Rozenberg, Eemnes († 1927)

• Adrianus Johannes Martinus BLOKPOEL (49), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Gerharda Bosboom (85), Zelhem gem. Bronkhorst Gld. NL
• Adrianus Johannes Matteus Blokpoel (49), 's Gravenhage
• Albertus Jan Tiecken (0), Angerlo
• Anna Margaretha Tönjes, Tonnies (74), Dörpen, Emsland
• Alida VELTHUIZEN (29), Ridderkerk
• Anna Maria Hendrika van Soest (71), Zuilen
• Aaron Taylor (38), Rolla British Columbia
• Auktje Klok (71), Doezum, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendrika Soest van (71), Zuilen, Utr, Nederland

• 1924 » Marc Bucci, American composer, lyricist, and dramatist († 2002)
• 1924 » Noboru Takeshita, Japanese soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan († 2000)
• 1925 » Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer and referee
• 1926 » Doris Belack, American actress († 2011)
• 1926 » Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer († 2015)
• 1927 » Tom Kennedy, American game show host and actor
• 1928 » Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel († 2014)
• 1928 » Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2017)
• 1931 » Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1931 » Robert Novak, American journalist and author († 2009)

• 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)
• 1950 » Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)

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

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

• 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 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 7.5 million citizens.
• January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
• August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
• December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
• December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

The temperature on February 26, 1927 was between 7.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.