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• Antonie Hoogesteger, Goes, ZL, NL († 1999)
• ARJAANTJE DE JAGER, SLIEDRECHT († 2015)
• Bernardus van Werkhoven, Voorhout († 1984)
• Albertje Etten, Holthe (gem. Beilen) († 1980)
• Agnes Leonie Huyghe, Poelkapelle († 1987)
• Annick Galbaud du Fort († 2008)
• Charles Max Aurisch, Scone, New South Wales, Australia († 2005)
• Bernarda Johanna Leushuis († 2003)
• Diena Drenth, Rotterdam († 1949)
• Adriaan de Louter, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1928)

• Egbertus Metzelaar (62), Haarlem
• Adriana Cornelia Gielen (75), Zevenbergen
• Antoinette van Zorge (34)
• Arend Ort (21)
• Adriana Johanna Konijnendijk (50), Kruiningen
• Catharina de Lange (34), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berta Adelheid Müller (70), München
• Allagonda Francisca Cornelia Bastiaans (15), Eindhoven
• Andreas Augustinus Hartjes (51), Lichtenvoorde, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Abeelen (71), Sint-Michielsgestel, Nederland

• 1925 » Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator († 1998)
• 1927 » Ray Nagel, American football player and coach († 2015)
• 1927 » Richard Body, English politician († 2018)
• 1928 » Pernell Roberts, American actor († 2010)
• 1929 » Jack Sanford, American baseball player and coach († 2000)
• 1929 » Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 2012)
• 1930 » Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author († 2007)
• 1930 » Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1931 » Don Martin, American cartoonist († 2000)
• 1931 » Robert Morse, American actor

• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)

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 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.

The temperature on May 18, 1928 was between 3.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.