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• Bernardus Willem Willemsen, Heteren, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2019)
• Theodorus Christianus Michael Johanna Vink, Noordwijk († 1960)
• Johanna C. van de Brande, Gilze en Rijen († 1995)
• Ronald Maiwald († 2010)
• Leo Jacks Baker, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States († 1953)
• Vincentius Antonius Maria Gijselhart, Tilburg († 1992)
• Uulderik Pathuis († 2001)
• Willem Johannes Theodorus van der Linden, Wilnis († 1953)
• Donald Ray Hoofard, Travis County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Thomas Allen Williams, Little Rock,AR († 2000)

• Annechien BOELENS (86), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Bekelaar (85), Zwollerkerspel
• Adriaan Christiaan Wijnen (77), Dongen, N-Br, NL
• Anna de Zanger (74), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleyda Sluijtman (83), Amsterdam
• Aldagonda Maria JANSEN (81), Broekhuijsenvorst, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Cornelia Zijlmans (76), 's-Gravenhage NL
• Aaltje Fiechter (83), Amersfoort
• Derk Abee (77), Meeden
• Alida Maria Verschoof (69), Poortugaal

• 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
• 1951 » Steve Bell, English cartoonist
• 1951 » Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland († 2014)
• 1953 » Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1954 » Prince Ernst August of Hanover
• 1954 » Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish politician, 12th President of Turkey
• 1955 » Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian and academic, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
• 1956 » Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director

• 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)
• 1966 » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)

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

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

• 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
• February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
• July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
• October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.

The temperature on February 26, 1953 was between -0.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.