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• Edith Y. Y. Pung, Honolulu (Oahu) (Hawaii) († 1982)
• Dirk de Jonge, Klazienaveen-Noord, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Berendina DROPPERS († 2010)
• Cornelis Josephus Maria Huijben, Oosterhout († 1991)
• Cornelia Maria (Corrie) Bakker, De Kwakel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adriana Elisabeth Busio, Oosterhout († 1985)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Vissers, Drunen († 1989)
• Anny van der Groot, Allingawier († 2015)
• Daniël Cornelis van de Walle, Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1992)
• Femmichje Booij, Beilen († 2008)

• Femmigje Eelses Bies (52), Emmen
• Adriana Heessels (71), Oisterwijk
• Aaltjen TUENTER (59), Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Ambt, IJzevoorde
• Berend Kroes (43), Breda
• Aaltje Bronkhorst (77), Nibbixwoud
• Cornelia KUIJPERS (74), Gemert, 3584, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Venis (82), Rotterdam
• Antonius Pennings (0), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Katharina Jacoba Janssen (57), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnold Karel Harbrink (54), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie

• 1925 » Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America
• 1925 » Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian († 1980)
• 1926 » Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director († 2011)
• 1927 » Harlan Howard, American songwriter († 2002)
• 1927 » Marguerite Frank, American-French mathematician
• 1927 » Robert L. Rock, American soldier and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana († 2013)
• 1929 » Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor
• 1930 » Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam († 2011)
• 1931 » John Garrett, English soldier and politician († 2007)
• 1931 » Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer († 2010)

• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1949 » Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
• 1954 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)

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 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on September 8, 1928 was between 9.6 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.