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• Adrianus Cornelis Maria Theunis, Roosendaal
• Adriana Johanna Petronella Schalken, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Hamstra, Harderwijk († 2001)
• Aaltje Timmerman, Hooghalen († 1998)
• Anna Elizabeth Grootenboer, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• "Gabrielle" Pauline Angélique Marie Ghislaine de Lichtervelde, Mons, Belgique († 1998)
• Adriana Willemijna Reijngoudt, St. Philipsland
• Adriana Maria Enthoven, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Cornelis Matheus Mourik, Gorinchem
• Alfred George Jeskey, St Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1979)

• Arnoldus Bernardus Antonius Somers (1), Veldhoven
• Berdina Johanna van Hooijdonk (32), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonio Gonçalves Furtado (74), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Hagedoorn (0), Almelo
• Arnoldus Bernardusantonius Somers, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus Theodorus Maria Helmich (0), Roermond
• Bernard Groot (2), Hoohwoud
• Alida van Eijk (80), Kethel en Spaland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Carolus Noordanus (51), Utrecht
• Albert Henriques (67), New York, New York, Verenigde Staten

• 1907 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands († 1983)
• 1909 » Aenne Burda, German publisher († 2005)
• 1909 » Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet († 1957)
• 1914 » Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer († 1984)
• 1915 » Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1915 » Dick Sprang, American illustrator († 2000)
• 1915 » Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician († 1998)
• 1916 » David Brown, American journalist and producer († 2010)
• 1920 » Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer († 2014)
• 1922 » Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer († 2008)

• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
• October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
• November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
• November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
• December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

The temperature on July 28, 1914 was between 9.8 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.