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• Adrianus Ketelaars, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1921)
• Antonia Cornelia Smit, Nijmegen († 1994)
• Annigje van Vuuren, rotterdam († 2013)
• Arie Gompelman, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Augustinus Ketelslegers, Vliermaal, Kortessem, Limburg, België († 1923)
• Adrianus van Hooijdonk, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Calvin Henry Heronimus, Grundy County, Iowa († 2000)
• Carlos Eduardo Salles Gomes, Brasil († 1991)
• Piso, IJlst, Friesland, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna-Lize van ROSSUM, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1974)

• Anna Maria Rosalia Volckaerts (57), Berlaar, 2590, Vlaanderen, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Carrol Harris Caldwell (73), Jefferson, Marengo County, Alabama, United States
• Arend Jacobs Homan (53), Oldehove
• Adria Petronella Colewijn (10)
• Adrianus Johannes Bartholomeus van den Heuvel (76), Engelen (N.B.)
• Aaltje van de Beek (0), Ermelo
• Auktje Boerema (52), Bakkeveen, Gem. Opsterland
• Albert van Bergen (71), Dennenoord, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Elferink (66), Neede, Berkelland, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Petronella Colewij (9), Dordrecht

• 1915 » Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1915 » Dick Sprang, American illustrator († 2000)
• 1916 » David Brown, American journalist and producer († 2010)
• 1920 » Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer († 2014)
• 1922 » Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer († 2008)
• 1923 » Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer († 2008)
• 1924 » C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist († 2020)
• 1924 » Luigi Musso, Italian race car driver († 1958)
• 1925 » Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1926 » Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist († 2003)

• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)

• 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 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 6.9 million citizens.
• March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
• March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
• July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
• October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
• December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

The temperature on July 28, 1921 was between 13.6 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.