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• Cornelis Antonius van der Lee, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Benjamin Offringa, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Egbertus Scherpen-, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Nederland († 2002)
• Alberta Prette († 1929)
• Eduard Grödel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Grooteboer, Willemstad (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2008)
• Elisabeth Werkheim, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Antonie van Gent († 1999)
• Harm Gruppen, Hoogeveen († 1935)
• Dictus Martens van der Valle, Rottevalle, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)

• Anton Klafke (54), Santa Cruz do Sul, RS
• Clyde Samuel Milwee (3), Lee County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Alphonsus Antonius Louis Engelman (44), Berlijn, Duitsland
• Bouktje Kooijenga (39), Opwierde, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Alberdina NIJMEIJER (75), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Tunnissen Theunissen (71), Oeffelt
• Anna Elisabeth Hendrika Johanna Stein (59), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Lansbergen (84), Kethel en Spaland
• adriana susanna catharina van der HEIJDT (64), middelburg
• Adriaan Maurits Thomas Dieben (66), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland

• 1927 » Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2008)
• 1927 » Estelle Parsons, American actress and director
• 1927 » Vakhtang Balavadze, Georgian wrestler († 2018)
• 1927 » Wolfgang Schreyer, German writer († 2017)
• 1928 » Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1928 » Franklin Cover, American actor († 2006)
• 1928 » Genrikh Sapgir, Russian writer († 1999)
• 1928 » John Disley, Welsh athlete († 2016)
• 1928 » Pedro Ferrándiz, Spanish basketball coach
• 1928 » Pete Rademacher, American boxer

• 1918 » John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b.1882)
• 1923 » Allen Holubar, American actor and director
• 1924 » Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman and the father of the Football Association and modern football (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Alexandra of Denmark, queen of England (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Bill Holland, American track and field athlete (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Augustine Birrell, British politician (b. 1815)
• 1934 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » John Jellicoe, Royal Navy officer (b. 1859)
• 1936 » Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

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 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• 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.
• 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 November 20, 1928 was between 5.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.