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• Ewald Hinterleitner, Villach, Oostenrijk († 2012)
• Hendrik Broekhuis († 2012)
• Johannes Theodorus Gerardus Joosten, Arnhem († 1943)
• Jessie Mae Ellis, Spartanburg County, South Carolina († 2006)
• Gerardus Morjöner († 2004)
• Johanna Francisca Kuijs, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1991)
• Cornelis Marinus Koudijs, Leersum († 2007)
• Johannes Arend Scholten, Kampen († 2018)
• Jan van Sommeren, Dreumel († 2004)
• Jan VAN GILS († 2015)

• Abraham Kolk (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Annegien Greven (66), Gieten, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aartje van Scherpenzeel (73), de Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertje van der Hart (86), Nijkerk
• Antje Vos (0), Emmen
• Anna TOL (77), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Leonard Eugenius Voncken, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• "József" László Emanuel Mária Hunyady de Kéthely (68), Budapest
• Annegien Greven (66), Gieten,Drenthe,Nederland
• Abraham Goedegebuure (89)

• 1939 » Chuck Wepner, American professional boxer
• 1940 » Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer († 2013)
• 1942 » Jozef Adamec, Slovak footballer and manager († 2018)
• 1943 » Bill Duke, American actor and director
• 1943 » Bob "The Bear" Hite, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1981)
• 1943 » Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
• 1943 » Paul Cotton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Christopher Hope, South African author and poet
• 1944 » Ronald Lauder, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Austria
• 1945 » Peter Brock, Australian race car driver († 2006)

• 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)
• 1961 » Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878)

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

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

• 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
• April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
• July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
• August 9 » World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
• November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
• November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

The temperature on February 26, 1942 was between -4.5 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.