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• Alie de Jong, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelis van Wanrooij, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1928)
• Alexander Antonius van Galen *, Steenwijkerwold († 2019)
• Hagedoorn, Avereest († 1928)
• Arie van Mourik († 2005)
• * Adriana (Sjaan) Hellings, Schijndel († 1995)
• Berta KWAKMAN, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Claude Hermann Kietzmann († 1989)
• Aron (Ronnie) Turfryer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alexander Antonius van Galen, Steenwijkerwold († 2019)

• Amerik van Duijvenbode (71), Katwijk
• 1. Jaantje van Diermen (26), Arnhem
• Amalia Malkus (24)
• Albert van der Wijk (71), Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Adriana Toom (60), Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolf Hulspas (78), Monster
• Aleida Anna Maria Loos (77), Arnhem
• Adrianus Johannes Kooke (10), Rotterdam
• Anna Buisman (67), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Klaas Molenaar (73), Purmerend

• 1925 » Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1926 » Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist († 2010)
• 1926 » Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress († 2014)
• 1927 » Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1998)
• 1928 » Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian
• 1928 » Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer († 2001)
• 1928 » Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet († 2014)
• 1928 » Monty Norman, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1929 » Humbert Allen Astredo, American actor († 2016)
• 1930 » Netty Herawaty, Indonesian actress († 1989)

• 1912 » Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)
• 1912 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
• 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
• 1923 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834)
• 1929 » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
• 1931 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842)
• 1941 » Emine Nazikedâ Kadınefendi, the first wife and chief consort of Sultan Mehmed VI (b. 1866)

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.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

The temperature on April 4, 1928 was between 5.0 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.