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• Johannes Franciscus Govaert, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Frans Meerten, Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf, Limburg, Netherlands († 1985)
• Anna Catharina Maria KAGIE, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• LOUISE LORRAINE HANAWAY († 2007)
• Gary Richard Hatter, Casey County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Johanna Christina Opperman, Nijmegen (gd) († 2022)
• Henk Postma, Joure († 2004)
• Michael Edwin PEARN († 2005)
• Johannes Gerhardus Nieters, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1970)
• N.N. van Rootselaar, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)

• arie de JONGSTE (55), in de tram naar rotterdam
• Carolus Turlinckx (86), Geel, België
• Arie De JONGSTE (55), Numansdorp
• Berlinde Houtman (85), Outer
• Adrianus Johannes Martinus Coffeng (55), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Eduardus CESAR Holemans (80), Diest
• van Rootselaar, Haarlem
• Abraham Massaar (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Coumou (82), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Clarissa Shelton Howard (65), Woods Cross, Davis County, Utah, United States of America

• 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
• 1947 » Sandie Shaw, English singer and psychotherapist
• 1948 » Sharyn McCrumb, American author
• 1949 » Elizabeth George, American author and educator
• 1949 » Emma Kirkby, English soprano
• 1949 » Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th Australian Minister for the Arts
• 1950 » Helen Clark, New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1950 » Jonathan Cain, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

• 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)
• 1961 » Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)

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

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

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
• April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
• May 7 » The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
• June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
• October 29 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; after, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF.

The temperature on February 26, 1948 was between -5.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.