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• Betty UNKNOWN > († 1981)
• Abraham Blok, Groningen († 1942)
• Annie Munckhof, van den, Deurne
• Cornelis Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Bernardus Hendrikus Hartgerink, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2015)
• Dimphna Maria de Ron, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Gerben G de Vries, Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota († 2008)
• Frederik (Fred) Bosman, Rotterdam / Overschie († 1978)
• Elsbeth Margarethe Seebauer († 2016)
• Evert 't Mannetje, Zuidland († 1945)

• Anna Overman (72), Hensbroek, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sietzes de Boer (37), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Annie Adams (80), Mile End, South Australia, Australia
• Antonius Frederikus Thijse (40), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Antoinetta Cobussen (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Berendina Janssen (58), Enschede
• Anna Maria Leurink (75), Rotterdam
• Alida Dubbelaar (62), Katwijk
• Agnes Blair (67), Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
• Anna Christina Kempers (58), Zaandam Noord-Holland Nederland

• 1931 » Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1931 » Josephine Tewson, English actress
• 1931 » Robert Novak, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1932 » Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 2003)
• 1933 » James Goldsmith, French-British businessman and politician († 1997)
• 1934 » Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936 » José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal († 2014)
• 1937 » Paul Dickson, American football player and coach († 2011)
• 1939 » Chuck Wepner, American professional boxer
• 1940 » Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer († 2013)

• 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)
• 1951 » Sabiha Kasimati, Albanian ichthyologist (b. 1912) executed with 20 others
• 1952 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (b. 1878)

• 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
• May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
• July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
• August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
• August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
• November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.

The temperature on February 26, 1936 was between 0.1 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.