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• Cornelis Leonard (Boy) van Ommen, Sawah Loento-ID († 1999)
• Douwe Hilberdink, Hoogeveen nederland († 2003)
• Doyle Rich Anderson, Roberts-Idaho (USA) († 2005)
• Antonius Marinus Smulders, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Catharina Henrica Maria Mutsaerts, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 2003)
• Coenraad Gerard Sickman, Groningen († 1954)
• Catharina Maria van Engeland, Schijndel († 1980)
• Amerika Hartevelt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Berend (Be) Kroesen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
• Carel Nicolaas Visser, Papendrecht († 2015)

• Arend Roos (72), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Carolus Ludovicus Deneire (76), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Anna Wilhelmina Spaan (49), Wolfheze (Renkum)
• Catharina Johanna van Hoewijk (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Cornelis Maria van Etten (66), Weesp,Gemeente Weesp,North Holland,Netherlands
• Cornelia Baard (84), Domburg
• Bastiaan de Raadt (72), Rotterdam
• Adriana Johanna van der Pluijm (80), Raamsdonk, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Oepkedr Houtkooper (79), Schoorl
• Bartholomeus van Altena (73), Arnhem

• 1924 » Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet († 2000)
• 1925 » Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author († 2007)
• 1926 » Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer
• 1928 » Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1928 » Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician († 2001)
• 1929 » Denise Lor, American singer and actress († 2015)
• 1930 » David Harrison, English chemist and academic
• 1930 » Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author († 2014)
• 1931 » Sait Maden, Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer († 2013)
• 1931 » Vasily Rudenkov, Belarusian hammer thrower († 1982)

• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)

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.
• 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.
• 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 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
• 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.

The temperature on May 3, 1928 was between 12.1 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.