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• Antonius Jacobus Veekman, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2004)
• Anton Wouter van Reeuwijk, Rotterdam († 2015)
• Aart Lamme, Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland (was tot 2002 Utrecht), Nederland († 1990)
• van Hercules, Middelburg († 1926)
• Cornelia SMIT, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Carolina Lutgens, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1942)
• Barbara Catharina Hermans, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2022)
• Aiko Hasegawa, Tokyo, Japan († 1976)
• Anna Helene HARTMANN, Barger,Compacuum († 1927)
• Bert Heijmans, Rosmalen, Nederland († 2007)

• Adrianus Lendrtsz de Jong (60), Heinenoord
• van Hercules (0), Middelburg
• Alegonda ♀ Schimkies (77), Bussum
• Augustinus Johannes Teunis (66), Amsterdam
• Adriana Nederstigt (84), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Marie SLECHTEN (11), Waltwilder (Limburg) (B)
• Antje Barelds Nijboer (72), Rottevalle, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Petronella Heijink (56), Zwolle
• Adrianus de Jong (60), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Mae Harmelink (0), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa

• 1922 » Lou Duva, American boxer, trainer, and manager († 2017)
• 1922 » Roger Fisher, American author and academic († 2012)
• 1923 » György Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian composer and educator († 2006)
• 1923 » N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh († 1996)
• 1924 » Edward du Cann, English naval officer and politician († 2017)
• 1924 » Paul Hébert, Canadian actor († 2017)
• 1925 » Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist, scholar, and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey († 2006)
• 1925 » Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor († 2012)
• 1928 » Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer († 2015)
• 1929 » Patrick McNair-Wilson, English politician

• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 1947 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
• 1968 » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)

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

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

• 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on May 28, 1926 was between 9.8 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.