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• Afton Maxine Griffin Burns), Burke County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• A.W.A. van Berkel, Gouda († 1993)
• Baudouin Marie Joseph Ignace "Pierre" LEGRAND, Leuven, 24062, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique († 2008)
• Dirkje Johanna Snoek, Den Haag († 1996)
• Ch.A.M. Mommersteeg († 2010)
• Booij, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Catharina Schüller, Den Haag († 2015)
• Catharina Theodora de Nijs, Castricum, Nederland († 1999)
• Dirk Kalkman, Krimpen aan de Lek († 1928)
• Bakx, Oosterhout († 1928)

• Anthonie Abramsz Munnik de (66), Rotterdam
• Bartha Johanna Hasselt (73), Hasselt, Nederland
• Adrianus Steven van Stuivenberg (71), Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abram Kamerling (68), Rotterdam
• Bauke Visser (65), Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Blöte (73), 's-Hertogenbosch, S-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Smeets (84), Echt
• Adrianus Voogt (71), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Smeets (84), Echt
• Amand Norbert Van Hoof (75), Bekkevoort

• 1925 » Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina († 2013)
• 1926 » Frank Aletter, American actor († 2009)
• 1926 » Tom Tryon, American actor and author († 1991)
• 1926 » Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1927 » Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player († 2017)
• 1928 » Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author († 1984)
• 1928 » Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic († 2019)
• 1928 » Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter († 2007)
• 1930 » Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player († 2006)
• 1930 » Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer († 2014)

• 1908 » Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
• 1919 » Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)
• 1920 » John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 1926 » August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
• 1934 » Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)

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

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

• 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 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 7.6 million citizens.
• April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

The temperature on January 14, 1928 was between 4.3 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.