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• Adrianus Cornelis Tilborgh van, Waspik († 1991)
• Agnes van der Kammen, Maasdriel († 2022)
• Cornelis Theodore Julius de KOM, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Christina van Dam, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Bertha Hendrika van Wijk, Utrecht († 1999)
• Adriana Maria Schoenmakers († 2008)
• Arie Starrenburg († 2003)
• Cornelis Klaver († 1950)
• Aalt Bartus Paulus de Bie († 2012)
• Adriaan Leenders, Lieshout († 2014)

• Anne Crosbie Coke (80), Ardfert Abbey, Kerry, Irlend
• Barreveld Jansen van VELSEN (72), Dieren, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berdina van der Veeke (69), Made en Drimmelen
• Aaltje de Bondt (83), Zwijndrecht
• Bernardus de Man (83), Arnhem, Netherlands
• Anna Josepha Isenborghs (81), Caggevinne
• Albertha Boerkamp (79), Raalte
• Barreveld Jansen van Velsen (72), Rheden
• Antonie Kamp (68), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Andreas Vermeulen (32), Breugel, Nbr.NL

• 1925 » René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon († 1989)
• 1926 » Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2004)
• 1926 » Joan Lorring, British actress († 2014)
• 1927 » Margot Honecker, East German politician and First Lady († 2016)
• 1928 » Cynthia Ozick, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist
• 1928 » Fabien Roy, Canadian accountant and politician
• 1928 » Heinz Putzl, Austrian fencer
• 1928 » Victor Lownes, American businessman († 2017)
• 1929 » James Last, German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader († 2015)
• 1930 » Chris Barber, English trombonist and bandleader

• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)

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.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• 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 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

The temperature on April 17, 1928 was between -0.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.