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• Bernardina Hendrika Maria MULLEMAN, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• van der Stam, Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Anton Eiko Koopman, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1931)
• Albert Diphoorn († 1984)
• Antonia Adriana van de Rakt, Bakel († 2005)
• Betty Lorraine GRAVER, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Bernard Price Hamrick [UnionBBu], North Carolina († 1991)
• Clara Inez Henson, Pleasanton, Atascosa, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Alice B. Wilkens, Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Cato Hendrina van Wanrooij, Gilze en Rijen († 1998)

• Ailiena Johanna Dijkhuis (78), Ulrum (gem. De Marne)
• Anna Gordina Cecilia van den Hurk (74), Deurne en Liessel
• Catharina Höver (86), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Andreas Haenen (80), Maasbree
• Adolf Lambert DE RIDDER (77), Strijpen,9620,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Agatha Pijpers (1), Leiden (13mnd)
• Antonia Maria van Tilborgh (24), Rotterdam
• Aalt Buitink (64), Arnhem Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Gordina Cecilia van den Hurk (74), Deurne
• Adela Lavinia Burch (78), Mount Croghan, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States of America

• 1924 » Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)
• 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
• 1927 » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar († 2007)
• 1930 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1930 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1995)
• 1932 » Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer
• 1933 » Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
• 1934 » Jack Twyman, American basketball player († 2012)
• 1934 » Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 2014)

• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)

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 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

The temperature on May 11, 1928 was between -2.0 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.