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• Alberta Odessa Copeland, Campobello, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America († 2002)
• Bernard DELATTRE († 2001)
• Aalt Westra, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1999)
• Cornelis Hendricus Schrover, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1941)
• Anna Beryl DRIVER, Pudsey, West Riding, Yorkshire, England († 1987)
• Amelia Garcia († 2012)
• Cornelis van der Plas, Katwijk († 2006)
• Cornelia Machiela Voskamp, Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Britt Ingrid Viktoria Sandström, Sandnäset, Frostviken, Jämtland (Z) († 2013)
• Clevie Anthony Higdon, Grayson County, Kentucky († 1966)

• Agnes Harvey (81), Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah, United States of America
• Adriana Verschoor (97), Andel
• Albert Mulder (75), Noordwolde, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Leeuw (77), Den Helder
• Anna Gooijers (83), Breda
• Albert Ros (0), Winterswijk (Meddo)
• Alberta Elisabeth van Meeteren (37), Geldermalsen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Mulder (75), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Anna Catharina Vlekke (75), Oud-Vossemeer
• Arentje Vlaardingerbroek (74), Vlaardingen ZH Nederland

• 1926 » Arthur A. Hartman, American career diplomat († 2015)
• 1926 » David Nadien, American violinist († 2014)
• 1926 » George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii
• 1926 » John Clellon Holmes, American author and professor († 1988)
• 1927 » Emmett Leith, professor of electrical engineering and co-inventor of three-dimensional holography († 2005)
• 1927 » Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina († 2009)
• 1927 » Sudharmono, 5th Vice President of Indonesia († 2006)
• 1928 » Edward Albee, American director and playwright († 2016)
• 1929 » Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy († 2014)
• 1930 » Antony Acland, British former diplomat and Provost of Eton College

• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)

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.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

The temperature on March 12, 1928 was between -6.0 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.