About the day » Thursday February 26, 2004Calender converter

• Cammie Lee Haack († 2021)
• Naomi Kamphuis († 2004)
• Mike van Ee, Delft
• Hendrikje Dirkje van Slooten († 2005)

• Cornelia Besseling (96), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelius Josephus van Tongeren (83), Tilburg
• Eual (Ewell) Guy Wylie [Wl=2 2 Ob] (95), Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas
• Catharina Lindt (86), Capelle aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Bufkin Ratcliff (85)
• Bernadina van der Sluis
• Cornelia (Cor) Pouw van der (88)
• Douglas Dean LEFERS (62), Corsica, Douglas, South Dakota, United States of America
• Christine Val (92), El Dorado, California, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Margaretha van Duijn (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese international footballer, forward
• 1985 » Fernando Llorente, Spanish international footballer, striker
• 1986 » Hannah Kearney, American skier
• 1989 » Gabriel Obertan, French footballer
• 1990 » Kateřina Cachová, Czech heptathlete
• 1990 » Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1991 » Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer
• 1992 » Michael Chee Kam, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Mikael Granlund, Finnish professional hockey player
• 1997 » Reghan Tumilty, Scottish footballer

• 2000 » George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)
• 2002 » Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
• 2004 » Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943)
• 2006 » Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (b. 1905)
• 2008 » Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (b. 1925)
• 2009 » Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932)
• 2009 » Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947)
• 2009 » Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)

1. Samuel
2. Thomas
3. Sam
4. Lucas
5. Sem
6. Jelle
7. Daan
8. Lars
9. Niels
10. Claus-casimir
11. Tim
12. Thijs
13. Noah
14. Max
15. Johannes
16. Nick

1. Amber
2. Sanne
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Lotte
6. Isa
7. Anne
8. Iris
9. Lisa
10. Chiara
11. Femke
12. Ameila
13. Julia
14. Noa
15. Charlotte
16. Anouk

• 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• February 5 » Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
• April 3 » Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
• April 6 » Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
• April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
• November 22 » The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
• December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

The temperature on February 26, 2004 was between -1.6 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.