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• Gillian Myralee (Gillian) Flavel, Narrogin (Australië)
• Geertje Egberdina Reinders Mulder († 1971)
• Ronald te Boekhorst († 2023)
• Antoine Streppel, Enschede († 2006)
• Gerardus speksnijder, Rotterdam
• Hyacintha Maria KAPITEIJN, Anna Paulowna († 1975)
• Peter Weiden van der, Aerdenhout, NH, Nederland († 1966)
• Baby Girl Adamson († 1966)
• Andersche Gerda (Annet) Bruinsma, Sneek († 2021)
• Andrew C VERMEULEN, Johannesburg

• Adriaan de Kuijper (72), Rotterdam
• Afke Kornelis de Groot (66), Oudeschoot, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Maes (86), Lommel (B)
• Ab Jan van Bolhuis (3), Adorp
• Arie Eliza Koudijs (59), Utrecht
• Adriana Kreuger (75), De Bilt
• Arie Eliza Koudijs (59), Utrecht
• Albert Jan Plakmeijer (67)
• Anna Maria Captijn (79), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Atzes de Winkel (86), Dantumadeel

• 1962 » Ahn Cheol-soo, South Korean physician, academic, and politician
• 1963 » Chase Masterson, American actress, singer, and activist
• 1965 » James Mitchell, American wrestler and manager
• 1966 » Garry Conille, Haitian physician and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1966 » Marc Fortier, French-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 » Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
• 1967 » Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
• 1967 » Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league player
• 1968 » Tim Commerford, American bass player
• 1969 » Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer and producer

• 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)
• 1981 » Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Robert Aickman, English author and activist (b. 1914)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Pieter
9. Paul
10. Ronald
11. Marcel
12. Willem
13. Johan
14. Jacob
15. David
16. Michael

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

• 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
• February 23 » In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
• March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
• September 8 » The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
• November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
• December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

The temperature on February 26, 1966 was between 8.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.