About the day » Wednesday February 26, 1986Calender converter

• Kristof Delorge, Sint-Truiden, België († 2021)
• Katherine Michelle Raspante, Illinois († 1988)
• Puck Seijkens, Eindhoven († 1986)

• Adinolfo Lucchesi-Palli (74)
• Adrianus Johannes Kamp (75), Oosterhout
• Anna van Alen (88), Schiedam
• ALBERT THIJS (74), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Alva M. Monroe (82), North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Alphonsus Maria de Vré (66), Nevada, V.S
• Barendina VAN DE HAAR (77), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van Alen, (88), Schiedam
• Annigje Aartje Pietertje Oskam (85), Amsterdam
• Andreas Hubertus Knops (82), Bocholtz

• 1982 » Li Na, Chinese tennis player
• 1982 » Matt Prior, South African-English cricketer
• 1983 » Jerome Harrison, American football player
• 1983 » Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
• 1984 » Beren Saat, Turkish actress
• 1984 » Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese international footballer, forward
• 1984 » Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Fernando Llorente, Spanish international footballer, striker
• 1986 » Hannah Kearney, American skier
• 1989 » Gabriel Obertan, French footballer

• 1981 » Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Robert Aickman, English author and activist (b. 1914)
• 1985 » Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (b. 1911)
• 1993 » Constance Ford, American model and actress (b. 1923)
• 1994 » Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
• 1995 » Jack Clayton, English director and producer (b. 1921)
• 1997 » David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1998 » Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 2000 » George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Robert
6. Thomas
7. Jeroen
8. Peter
9. David
10. Sander
11. Bart
12. Willem
13. Johannes
14. Maarten
15. Hendrik
16. Patrick

1. Maria
2. Laura
3. Linda
4. Kim
5. Sanne
6. Jessica
7. Johanna
8. Marjolein
9. Jennifer
10. Charlotte
11. Amanda
12. Stephanie
13. Anna
14. Esther
15. Joyce
16. Sarah

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
• February 25 » People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
• March 27 » A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
• July 2 » Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
• August 31 » The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
• October 5 » Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
• October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.

The temperature on February 26, 1986 was between -10.4 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.