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• Beerd Eibrink († 2008)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Coolen, Helmond († 1948)
• Aafke Sietsma, Rottevalle-Zwartveen († 2018)
• Alida van Blanken, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Barry Nelson Dyght, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica († 2006)
• Ares Cornelis (Aat) Droog, Beverwijk († 1999)
• Aris Droog, Beverwijk, Nederland († 1999)
• Bernardus Antonius Hansman, Heino († 1987)
• Adriana Petronella Wilhelmina Bothof, Nijmegen († 2010)
• anna maria helena hermans, maasbree († 1928)

• Aaltje Jans Schipper (79), Giethoorn, Nederland
• Adriana Andeweg (74), Rotterdam
• Alberta Marie Louise Du Bois (79), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Alfred Newby Jr. (72), Utah, United States
• Anna Maria VAN STADEN
• Annette Marie Louise Homburg (51), Batavia, Dutch East Indies
• Aaltje Pieters Bijl (87), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camiel Van de Casteele (77), Dentergem, Belgium
• Antoinetta Wilhelmina Maria Goenee (73), Utrecht
• Adriana Andeweg (74), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1922 » Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2015)
• 1924 » David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player and theoretician († 2006)
• 1924 » Lee Marvin, American actor († 1987)
• 1926 » György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic
• 1927 » Philippe Boiry, French journalist († 2014)
• 1929 » Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1930 » John Frankenheimer, American director and producer († 2002)
• 1930 » Kasinathuni Viswanath, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Joseph P. Kerwin, American captain, physician, and astronaut
• 1935 » Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster († 2010)

• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)

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 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• 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.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

The temperature on February 19, 1928 was between 5.7 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.