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• Albertus Theodorus Smetsers, Esch († 1929)
• Aaltje Alena Eillert, Roswinkelerveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• "Miguel" Charles Antoine Ferdinand José Marie Ghislain de La Serna, Fouleng, Silly, Belgique († 2015)
• Adrianus zwerus (Arie) Boere, Oudewater († 2014)
• Ali Johannes Andringa, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Bertha van den BROEK, Utrecht (Utrecht) († 1987)
• * Boukelina (Bouk) Dijkinga, Niebert († 1970)
• Dale P. DeMaster, Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 2013)
• Donald Charles Nebergall, Davenport, Scott Co., IA († 2016)
• Anna Leest, Uithoorn († 1943)

• Alexander Roseboom (26), Heerlen
• Anna Gesina Klaas (59)
• Catharina (Trijn ) Portegies (76), Venhuizen
• Adrianus van de Sande (81), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Moorsel (61), Deurne
• Cornelis Koning (73), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida van der Lienden (30), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Anna van Vessem (57), Rotterdam
• August Delacre, Gravelines, Frankrijk
• Alberdina Hermina Scheffer (41), Bussum, NH, The Netherlands

• 1926 » Douglas Croft, American child actor († 1963)
• 1926 » Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1926 » John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer († 1998)
• 1927 » Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2007)
• 1928 » Bob Buhl, American baseball player († 2001)
• 1928 » Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator († 2018)
• 1928 » Dan Curtis, American director and producer († 2006)
• 1929 » Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2006)
• 1930 » George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management
• 1930 » Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant († 2010)

• 1918 » William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1928 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
• 1935 » Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)

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.
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
• 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 August 12, 1928 was between 12.8 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.