About the day » Friday February 26, 1960Calender converter

• Kevin Thomas Gels, New York,, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Derk Jan Bertus Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn {GE} († 2017)
• Henk Mastenbroek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Jan Hagen, Alteveer, Drentje († 2013)
• Gerardus Arnoldus Joannes Maria Overgaag, De Lier († 2011)
• Luc Lormans, Antwerpen († 1995)
• Arie Johannes Sonneveld, Maasdijk († 2010)
• Piet Beugelink († 1994)
• Francis Vandormael, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• N.N. Snijders, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1960)

• Abraham Quist (90), Schoondijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annie Irene Cheeseman (53), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Arthur Mozes TROOSTWIJK (81), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van den Boorn (62), Maastricht
• Adrianus Hendricus van den Berg (68), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bregje Drijfhout (79), Leeuwarden
• Beulah Mae COTTLE (85), Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX
• Aagje Boender (86), Rotterdam
• Arie Johannes IJzerman (83), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Hamilton Grand Uncle (66), Los Angeles, California

• 1957 » David Beasley, American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina
• 1957 » Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player and coach
• 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 » Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1959 » Rolando Blackman, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Jaz Coleman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1962 » Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician

• 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. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. John
8. Robert
9. Gerrit
10. Ronald
11. Petrus
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Johan
16. Hans

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Cornelia
5. Anna
6. Yvonne
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Monique
10. Ingrid
11. Anita
12. Jacqueline
13. Marianne
14. Karin
15. Petronella
16. Adriana

• 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
• January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
• May 3 » The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
• June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
• October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
• October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.

The temperature on February 26, 1960 was between 4.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.