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• Albertus van de Vliert, Utrecht, Nederland († 1982)
• Anna Lamberta Maria de Reeper, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2003)
• Albert Harms, Holte (gem. Stadskanaal) († 1966)
• Albert John Meinders, Mahaska County, Iowa († 1946)
• Aske Haan, Marum Groningen Nederland († 2011)
• Arend Raap, Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Arie Zegwaard, Voorschoten († 1997)
• Albertus Vlastuin, Veenendaal († 1998)
• Ada Lavene Dixon, Meridian, Sutter County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Antonius Hubertus Blomen

• Adriana Maria van der Heijden (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van der Zande (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Adrianus Gerardus Spithoven (28), Utrecht
• Adriaantje Johanna Beekman (0), Bruinisse
• Kester (75), Naaldwijk
• Adriana Maria van der Heijden (74), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• ?? JONG (0), Zwaag,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Ketelaars (60), gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
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• Houwing (0), East Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten

• 1915 » Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter († 2001)
• 1917 » Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon and scholar († 2014)
• 1918 » Edward Amy, Canadian soldier († 2011)
• 1919 » Eileen Crofton, British physician and author († 2010)
• 1919 » Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor († 2013)
• 1919 » Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire († 2007)
• 1919 » Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach († 1988)
• 1921 » Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author († 1999)
• 1921 » Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath († 1960)

• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian archbishop (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)
• 1941 » Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Albert
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
• March 31 » Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
• July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
• September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
• October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
• December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.

The temperature on March 28, 1918 was between 1.8 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.