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• Lenthe Elizabeth Rozemarijn Verhees, Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland

• Elisabeth Anna Johanna Beekhuis (77), Heerenveen
• Dora Verlinden (75), Venlo
• Catharina Verbaarendse (74), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Maria Velzeboer (90), Akersloot
• Aloísio Michels (65), Presidente Getúlio, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Bernardus Theodorus Johannes de Vent * (74), Heerenveen
• Alice Cora Thompson (91), Clarion (Wright County) (Iowa)
• Arie Geerlof Keppel (80)
• Elisabeth Geertruida van der Lans (87), Delft
• Anna Hubertina Vrancken (92)

• 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

• 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)
• 2010 » Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974)

1. Jop
2. Thijs
3. Thomas
4. Sem
5. Lucas
6. Daan
7. Lars
8. Stijn
9. Tim
10. Milan
11. Jesse
12. Jan
13. Ruben
14. Niels
15. Sam
16. Miquel

1. Emma
2. Fleur
3. Sanne
4. Anna
5. Joanna
6. Sophie
7. Marit
8. Julia
9. Arieanna
10. Maria
11. Anouk
12. Lotte
13. Leonore
14. Anne
15. Iris
16. Eva

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• May 12 » Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
• July 4 » Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
• October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
• October 15 » The 6.7 M_w Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
• November 10 » The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
• December 18 » The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.

The temperature on February 26, 2006 was between -2.2 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.