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• Bernard Hulskers, onbekend († 2020)
• Wietske Hetty de Jonge, Ommen
• Johannes Gerhardus (Gerard) Nieters, Klazienaveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1970)
• Gary Richard Hatter, Casey County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Gaston MAILLE († 2013)
• Johannes Gerhardus Nieters, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1970)
• Henricus Franciscus Maria Postma, Joure, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Carolus Henricus Maria Heslenfeld, Djakarta Indonesi√´ († 1960)
• Bets Elizabeth Boelens († 2011)
• Bertus Meijer, Medemblik († 1948)

• Dirk Verhoef (57), Delft
• Catharina Hendrika Duller (80), Amsterdam
• Auke Noordstra (60), Rijperkerk
• Edna Highholder (50), Williamsville, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Massaar (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Coumou (82)
• Eduardus CESAR Holemans (80), Diest
• Berlinde Houtman (85), Outer
• Clarissa Shelton Howard (65), Woods Cross, Davis County, Utah, United States of America
• Bernhard Behrens (82), Aschendorf

• 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. Jacob
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

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 30 » British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
• April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
• May 14 » Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
• May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
• August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.

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.