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• Lambert van den Boogaard, Eindhoven († 2004)
• John Patrick Alexander Suyderhoud, Vlaardingen
• Annita MEURIS, Zol-Genk,3600 Genk,Limburg,Belgium († 2016)
• Wilhelmina Maria Everdina Hetterscheit, Huissen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1986)
• A.A.J(Agnes) Geerdink, Harbrinkhoek (Tubbergen) († 2013)
• Miguel PEREIRA, Arcos, Portugal († 1991)
• Johnny A. A. A. Knapen, Gutschoven, België († 2011)
• Angelo Francis Stoer, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Gritinus Haring, Waterhuizen († 2013)
• Agnes Antonia Johanna Geerdink, Harbrinkhoek († 2013)

• Anton George Joseph WEERPAS (77), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Lou Parker (33), Spencer, Clark, Idaho, United States
• Arthur de Sá Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Filho (64), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Aaltje Folkerts van Dijk (73), Surhuisterveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonius Marcus de Hommel (30), Doetinchem, Doetinchum, Overijsel, NL
• Antje van Soest (53), 's Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Gijsberta de Bruijn (42), Utrecht
• Albert Daniel Hessing (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia M. Neuschafer (84)
• Antonius Arts (85), Haps

• 1955 » Andreas Maislinger, Austrian historian and academic, founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
• 1956 » Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
• 1957 » David Beasley, American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina
• 1957 » Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 » Keena Rothhammer, American swimmer
• 1958 » Greg Germann, American actor and director
• 1958 » Paul Ackford, English rugby player
• 1958 » Susan Helms, American general, engineer, and astronaut
• 1958 » Tim Kaine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Virginia
• 1959 » Rolando Blackman, American basketball player and coach

• 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 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895)

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

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

• 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
• January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
• January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
• March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
• March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
• December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The temperature on February 26, 1957 was between 1.4 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.