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• Aaltje Bronstijn, Lochem († 1928)
• Adrianus "Aad" Heemskerk, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Bernard van der Hoven, Schagen († 2016)
• N.N. Baert, St. Jansteen († 1928)
• Sleddens, Vessem
• Bernard van der Hoven, Schagen († 2016)
• Wijte († 1999)
• André Haesebrouck, Staden († 1982)
• Ananda PERERA, Colombo Sri Lanka († 2007)
• Antonija Hermina Schoenmaker, Warnsveld († 2000)

• Coleta Maria van den Bosch (14), Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna APPELMAN (71), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Nijhoff (55), Wierden
• Alijda Francisca VIELBEHR (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Kooij, Dordrecht
• Boele Nieborg (72), Haren, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaantje Zeldenrijk (Selde(n)rijk) (70), Nijkerk (GL) The Netherlands
• David Eliazer Lioni (66), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Elswijk (71), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Baert (0), Sint-Jansteen (NL)

• 1925 » Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1926 » Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist († 2003)
• 1927 » John Ashbery, American poet († 2017)
• 1929 » Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States († 1994)
• 1929 » Shirley Ann Grau, American novelist and short story writer
• 1930 » Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer († 2014)
• 1930 » Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator († 2006)
• 1930 » Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist († 1998)
• 1930 » Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian general († 2014)
• 1931 » Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author

• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)

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 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

The temperature on July 28, 1928 was between 9.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.