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• Sherida Patricia Doorstam, Paramaribo († 2007)
• Anita de Bresser, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2023)
• Sophia Wilhelmina Maria Gemma SPRONCK, Eindhoven († 2000)
• Johan Lucas Nicolay, Namen, Wallonië († 2010)
• Evan Dale van Ginkel, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2018)
• Udo Schwitzner, Cloppenburg, Duitsland († 2014)
• Jean-Luc Nicolay, Namur, 92094, Belgique († 2010)
• Hendrik Maarten Sibeijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Margriet Evelien Takens, Assen († 2021)
• Steven Lee Hamill, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Charlotte Elisabeth Fransz (56), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Arnoldus Hendricus Hubertus Satijn (78), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Hendricus Hubertus Nicolaas Satijn (78), Maastricht, Nederland
• Anastatius Wilhelmus van Eeden (77), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Potter (79), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Celia de Souza Leão (36), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Abraham A J van Marrewijk (69)
• Charlotte Elisabeth Fransz (56), 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Henderickx (87), Ossendrecht
• Charles John Duerstock (76), Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1957 » David Beasley, American lawyer and politician, 113th Governor of South Carolina
• 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
• 1963 » Chase Masterson, American actress, singer, and activist

• 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. Robert
6. Hendrik
7. John
8. Willem
9. Pieter
10. Gerrit
11. Ronald
12. Paul
13. Michael
14. Petrus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Dirk

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

• 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 11.6 million citizens.
• January 3 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
• January 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
• March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
• September 16 » The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
• November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.

The temperature on February 26, 1961 was between 5.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.