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• Derk Klaasen Apperlo, Ambt Vollenhove († 1978)
• Alida Johanna Geertruida Paulina, Pijnacker († 1983)
• Aaltje Kiewiet, Westenesch, Emmen († 2024)
• Egberdina Lammers, Tynaarlo, Vries († 2018)
• Dora Siewes, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Adrianus Antonius Johannes Woedstad, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1931)
• Arie Jasper Barend van den Heuvel, Sliedrecht († 1928)
• Berendina Aleida Hofman, Ellecom († 2015)
• Adriana Maria Hooff van, Boxtel, Nederland († 1997)
• Arjaantje Krijntje van Dam († 2015)

• Adolph Pennekamp (58), Doetinchem (Oosseld)
• Antonius van de Mortel (46), Deurne
• Antje Elzinga (94), Engwierum
• Alphonsus Johannes Verrijt (62), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Margaretha MONING (74), Burgum (Tytsjerksteradiel) Friesland Netherlands
• Antonie VERDONK (51), Loosduinen
• Aalberdina Johanna Wissink (74), Drempt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amelia Grace Gladman (43), Lakes Entrance,Victoria,Australia
• Alberdina Kooistra (75), Lutjegast, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Klerks (0), Oudheusden en Elshout

• 1926 » Henry N. Cobb, American architect and academic, co-founded Pei Cobb Freed & Partners († 2020)
• 1926 » Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian and academic
• 1926 » Shecky Greene, American actor
• 1927 » Ollie Mitchell, American trumpet player and bandleader († 2013)
• 1927 » Tilly Armstrong, English author († 2010)
• 1928 » Fred Ebb, American lyricist († 2004)
• 1929 » Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor († 1978)
• 1929 » Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author († 1996)
• 1930 » Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma († 2010)
• 1931 » John Gavin, American actor and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico († 2018)

• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)

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 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

The temperature on April 8, 1928 was between 5.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.