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• Antje Alberdina Wildeman, Winschoten
• Anthony de Jager, Holland, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Anthony de Jager, Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Edmund Lee Manges, Central City, Somerset County, Pennsylvania († 1997)
• Dina Weerman, Odoorn († 2009)
• Arthur Kelderman, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, 51247, VS († 2003)
• Georges Joseph Vermassen, Ressegem († 1988)
• Everdina Josina Dien Wijtenburg, Den Haag († 1991)
• Aria van der Plas, Katwijk († 2008)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Engelberta (Corry) Zwinkels, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2017)

• Aalt van Putten (83), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Andriesz de Vries (73), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendrikx (68), Gulpen-Wittem (Wijlre) (Limburg)
• ADRIANA VLAARDINGERBROEK (83), VLAARDINGEN
• Anna Josina van der Togt (88), Stompwijk, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Kamper (76), NUNSPEET, GD, NL
• Anna Malene Forseth (31), Bodø
• Aartje Kamper (76), Elspeet
• Antonie Lankhaar (58), Ter Aar
• Anna Dessauw (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1924 » Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia († 2013)
• 1925 » Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor († 2014)
• 1925 » Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Afghan politician
• 1926 » Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler († 2010)
• 1926 » Willis Carto, American activist and theorist († 2015)
• 1928 » Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1929 » Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1932 » Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer († 1996)
• 1932 » Red Kerr, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
• 1932 » Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer († 2013)

• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)

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.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• 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.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

The temperature on July 17, 1928 was between 12.8 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.