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• Scholten, Coevorden († 1928)
• Antoon Wagelaar, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Abraham Nathan BIERSCHENK, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Andreas Gerardus (André) Dekker, Harenkarspel († 2003)
• Arnoldina Johanna Ulijn († 2009)
• Aileen Tressa . Zumer, Merrill, Michigan († 2016)
• Annigje Cornelia le Clercq († 2010)
• Derk (Dick) Tabor, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Anna Tecla van Ommen, Emmen, Dr., Nederland († 2009)
• Alida Tjitske van der Meer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Elisabeth Cornelis Cats (82), Smallingerland
• Aaltje van Oosterom (40), 's Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Abraham Hendrik Petrus Louw (78), Bontheuwel
• Albertje Klomp (77), Zuidwolde
• Adolph Ferdinand Klaassen (67), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelis de Witte (14), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Arnoldus (Arnold) Wijtmans (17), Bergharen
• Antonius Cornelis Heeren (0), Knegsel
• Charlotte Snyder (79)
• Aarnout Christoffel Schipper (0), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1925 » Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor († 2013)
• 1927 » Conte Candoli, American trumpet player († 2001)
• 1927 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator († 1993)
• 1927 » Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman († 2011)
• 1927 » Jack Harshman, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1928 » Alastair Burnet, English journalist († 2012)
• 1928 » Elias James Corey, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 » Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer († 2013)
• 1930 » Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1930 » Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)

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 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
• 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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
• November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

The temperature on July 12, 1928 was between 9.8 °C and 28.5 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.