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• Johanna Philomena Adriana Pigmans, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• James Robert ( Jim) Verburg, Grand Rapids Michigan ( Usa) († 2002)
• Luc Frans Constantia Maria Etienne Arras, Lier, Antwerpen, België († 2006)
• Janny van den Dool, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Augustinus Theodorus Maria Cools, Tilburg († 1944)
• Hugo Houwaer, Sint-Truiden, België († 1991)
• Cornelis van der Pol, harlingen († 1961)
• Huibert Jans Vleeming, Pannerden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1965)
• Agnes de Ruiter, Zeist († 2015)
• Jiří Cejpek, Vladislav († 2003)

• Angelina Haulez (78), Clinge, Nederland
• Adriaantje Kooij (Kooy) (78), Zwijndrecht, 6357, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adriana Angela van Lier (43), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Edward DYE (66), Wiltshire
• Adrianus Marinus Peeters (72), Bergen op Zoom
• Aaltje Overeem (82), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• alida maria hanegraaf (78), rotterdam
• Albertus Alphonsus Maria van den Acker (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Malland (89), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adelia Hebert (54), Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts

• 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 » Marta Kristen, Norwegian-American actress
• 1945 » Mitch Ryder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 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. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Adrianus
15. Antonius
16. Peter

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

• 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 9.1 million citizens.
• June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
• June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• July 20 » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• August 7 » IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
• August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
• August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.

The temperature on February 26, 1944 was between -0.4 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.