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• Adolf Jan Henri Enthoven († 2013)
• Antonius Henricus Beekmans, Erp, Nederland († 1980)
• Christine T Teunissen († 2002)
• Antonius Petrus van Ruiten, Lisse († 2000)
• Alexander Reusen, Oostham, Limburg, België († 2000)
• Antoni van Droffelaar, Loenen († 2009)
• Antonius Henricus Beekmans, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Arendina Profijt, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2007)
• Arno Scheye, Wroclaw, Silesia, Poland († 1941)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Antonius Dieltjes, Den Haag († 1991)

• Anna Catharina de Kanter (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries de Bondt (88), Streefkerk
• Abraham Sebastien Chabot (85), Rotterdam
• Abraham Hermanus Johannes Kesseboom (25), Zoeterwoude
• Adriana Johanna van Houweninge (69), Gouda,Gemeente Gouda,South Holland,Netherlands
• ABRAHAM LAFEBER (85), LEIDEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Phoebe Salkeld (69)
• Anna Rosalia Van Dyck (51), Zoersel
• Julia Vlassenrood (0), St.Jansteen
• Alfons Winkelkotte (15), Tegelen

• 1927 » Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1927 » Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier († 2012)
• 1927 » Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army († 2014)
• 1927 » Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic († 1980)
• 1927 » Rita Gam, American actress († 2016)
• 1928 » David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic († 2004)
• 1928 » Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal († 1996)
• 1928 » Roy Masters, English-American radio host
• 1928 » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director († 1991)
• 1929 » Ed Dorn, American poet and educator († 1999)

• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)

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.
• January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• 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 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 April 2, 1928 was between 2.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.