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• Anna Wilhelmina SPRONG, Rotterdam († 1929)
• Emmi Irene Ursula Herling, Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 2010)
• Adrianus Matheus (Aad) Milatz, Heemstede, Nederland († 1992)
• Antonius Josephus Hamers, Waalwijk, Nederland († 2019)
• Augustus Loeman, Zevergem († 1995)
• Delton Henry Froning, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa († 1997)
• Anna Elisabeth Poker-, Onstwedde, Nederland († 2005)
• Dirk Groote, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1929)
• Dirk Groote, Tiendeveen, Beilen, Nederland († 1929)
• Cornelis Johannes Baptist Goeijers, Gilze en Rijen († 2009)

• Carolina Catharina Pastoors (78), Milligen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Charles Augustus Reed (71), Amery (Polk County) (Wisconsin)
• Elisabeth SMIT (12), Emden (Dld)
• Cornelia Maria de Pan (16), Goes,ZL
• Berend Hanning (46), Anloo, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dirk Bolten (67), Heerhugowaard
• Elisabeth Smit (12), Emden (D)
• Elizabeth Croker (62), St Stephen, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States
• Anna Maria Paradis (76), Born, Nederland
• Alida Zuiderduin (74), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1925 » Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and author († 2011)
• 1925 » Brian Aldiss, English author and critic († 2017)
• 1925 » Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon and academic († 2006)
• 1927 » Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
• 1928 » Marge Schott, American businesswoman († 2004)
• 1928 » Sonny Til, American R&B singer († 1981)
• 1929 » Hugues Aufray, French singer-songwriter
• 1930 » Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic († 2007)
• 1930 » Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician († 2014)
• 1931 » Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army († 2019)

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• 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.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

The temperature on August 18, 1928 was between 7.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.