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• Alida Adriana Linssen, Hoensbroek,, Limburg, Nederland († 1983)
• Annetta Johanna Bult, Hoofddorp (gem. Haarlemmermeer) († 1993)
• Aaltien Vrielink, Wachtum, gem. Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriaan Boer († 2003)
• Agatha Peijs, Assendelft († 2015)
• Aleida Johanna Meijerink, Dalen (Coevorden) († 2016)
• * Heinrich Ludolf Romeijn, Ottoland († 1988)
• Bart Driessen († 1996)
• Antonius Johannes Cornelius van Beurden, Tilburg († 2007)
• Florence Hebert, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States of America († 2013)

• Anna Cornelia Vis (5), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albarta Franciska Haanappel (75), 's Gravenhage, St. Barbara
• Aartjen van Delden (62), Apeldoorn
• Aukje Prinsen (33), Ooststellingwerf, Oosterwolde
• Antonius Petrus Verberne (77), Uithoorn
• Anton Hendrik Karel REIJERKERK (0), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Rijk de (71), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Alijda Bekker (61), Delft
• anna maria elisabeth jacobs (41), someren
• Anne Kelder (46), Marke, de, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1925 » Dickie Moore, American actor († 2015)
• 1925 » Stan Lopata, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1927 » Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress
• 1928 » Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician († 2014)
• 1928 » Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1928 » Robert Irwin, American painter and gardener
• 1929 » Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator († 2018)
• 1930 » Larry Austin, American composer and educator
• 1931 » George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1931 » Ian Holm, English actor

• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)

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.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• 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.

The temperature on September 12, 1928 was between 7.2 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.