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• Betsie Witlox, Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Freerkje JAGER († 1998)
• Allavina L. "Ella" Adelmund, Clarksville, Butler Co., IA († 2016)
• Dries van den Dungen, Eindhoven († 1989)
• Anne Sjoerds Bloem, Haskerdijken, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Doodgeboren kind van de Goorbergh, Breda († 1928)
• Christina Geertruida Hazekamp, Semarang, Indonesië († 2016)
• Albert Kuiper, Emmen († 2012)
• Anna Theodora Catharina Vromen, Klimmen († 2010)
• Daniel E. Titus, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1991)

• Catharina Louisa van 't Hoff (63), Zwijndrecht
• Carl Philipp Maria Gabriel, 4. Fürst von Wrede (65), München, Bayern, Germany
• Benedictus Hermanus MEYLAERS (1), Neerpelt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie
• Anna Heeft, van der (68), Leuvenum gem. Ermelo Gld. Nederland
• Anna van der Heeft (68), Ermelo
• Augustus De Meulenaere (76), Zwevezele
• Abram Reinier Willem Muijen (48), 's-Gravenhage
• Anton van Zuijdam (72), Rotterdam
• Adriaantje Jans Wouda (38), Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arnolda Margaretha Knipscheer (45), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1927 » Lois Nettleton, American actress († 2008)
• 1928 » Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
• 1928 » Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist († 2018)
• 1928 » Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1928 » Eydie Gormé, American singer († 2013)
• 1928 » Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist († 2018)
• 1929 » Bill Evans, American pianist and composer († 1980)
• 1929 » Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler and trainer († 1997)
• 1929 » Helmut Rahn, German footballer († 2003)
• 1930 » Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2010)

• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)

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.
• 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).
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.

The temperature on August 16, 1928 was between 10.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.