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• Albert Jan Golstein, Almen († 2016)
• Anna Doldersum, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 2024)
• Charles Cameron Fall, Crapaud Co., Prince Edward Island, Canada († 1928)
• Anna Hendriks, Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1996)
• Claude Hermann Kietzmann († 1989)
• Arend Keijzer, Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1929)
• Cecilia Wilhelmina Bakker, Noordwijkerhout († 2006)
• Berta (Bep) Kwakman († 2020)
• Arie van Mourik († 2005)
• Albert Braamkolk († 2016)

• Hendrik Groote (86), Bergentheim
• Aldert Alkema (62), Heveskes (Delfzijl)
• Adam Dieckman (59), Avereest, Nederland
• Anna Buisman (67), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Klaas Molenaar (73), Purmerend
• Amalia Malkus (24)
• 1. Jaantje van Diermen (26), Arnhem
• Albert van der Wijk (71), Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Adrianus Dingeman Wouters (29), Someren
• Adriana Toom (60), Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1925 » Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1926 » Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist († 2010)
• 1926 » Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress († 2014)
• 1927 » Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1998)
• 1928 » Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian
• 1928 » Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer († 2001)
• 1928 » Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet († 2014)
• 1928 » Monty Norman, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1929 » Humbert Allen Astredo, American actor († 2016)
• 1930 » Netty Herawaty, Indonesian actress († 1989)

• 1912 » Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)
• 1912 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
• 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
• 1923 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834)
• 1929 » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
• 1931 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842)
• 1941 » Emine Nazikedâ Kadınefendi, the first wife and chief consort of Sultan Mehmed VI (b. 1866)

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.
• January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• 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 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
• 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 April 4, 1928 was between 5.0 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.