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• Gerardus, Clemens, Willebrord, Maria Melkert, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1945)
• (doodgeboren kind) Krom, Halsteren, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Gerrit DIJKSTRA, St. Annaparochie Friesland Netherlands († 2003)
• Clasina Lock, Monster († 2010)
• Jacob Cornelis Marinus Kaat, Emmeloord, Flevoland, Nederland († 1979)
• Johanna Lambertha Witteman, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• Bert Rusch († 2022)
• Danny Lee Killinger, sebewaing Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Gerrit Hop († 1945)
• Jacobus van den Bos, Veenendaal, Nederland († 1945)

• Andries Ferdinand Willem Woortman (63), Bandoeng, Ned. Indie
• * Anthonia Clara Leeuwenburg (50), Assen
• Aagje Cornelia van Rijsbergen (74), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• ADRIANA VAN DER LELIJ (43)
• Meyvis Maria Ludovica (59), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus de Rijk (61), Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Kras (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Lijdia Kruik (55)
• Adrianus de Rijk (61), Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Rijk (61), Muiden

• 1943 » Bill Duke, American actor and director
• 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)
• 1946 » Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2016)
• 1946 » Colin Bell, English footballer

• 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. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. John
15. Dirk
16. Jacob

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• February 16 » World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
• March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
• April 18 » Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
• April 23 » World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous.
• April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
• July 16 » World War II: The heavy cruiser USSIndianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.

The temperature on February 26, 1945 was between 7.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.