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• Catharina Maria de GROOT, Leende († 1996)
• van den Hoogen, Reek
• Albert Theodorus(Bert) van Zoggel, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Alphonsus Sophia Fransiscus van den Dobbelsteen, Tilburg († 1992)
• Alida Harinck, Rotterdam († 1975)
• Bartje (Bep) Langerak, Linschoten, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Augustinus Lambertus Maria Verzantvoort, 's Hertogenbosch († 1994)
• Betty Mae Daniels, Ogden, Weber, Utah, V.S († 1970)
• Antonetta Theresia Maria Maas, Waalwijk († 1944)
• Bartje LANGERAK († 2013)

• Andreas Henricus Johannes Boereboom (51), Utrecht
• Anna Koning (65), Almelo
• Aeilke Bos (69), Scheemda (gem. Oldambt)
• Adrianus Voogt (71), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Graaf (81), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana_Maria van Broekhove (85), Rotterdam
• Rooij, van Wilhelmina Bernardina Maria (41)
• Andreas Henricus Johannes Boereboom (52), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Elisabeth Seesing (31), Haldern, Düsseldorf, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Koning (65), Almelo

• 1926 » Clive Donner, British director († 2010)
• 1926 » Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer († 1980)
• 1926 » Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon († 2010)
• 1926 » Roger Taillibert, French architect († 2019)
• 1926 » Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder († 2000)
• 1927 » Rudolf Kraus, German footballer († 2003)
• 1928 » Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution († 2018)
• 1928 » Reynaldo Bignone, Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina († 2018)
• 1929 » Radley Metzger, American filmmaker († 2017)
• 1930 » Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia († 2001)

• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
• 1933 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)

• 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.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
• 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 January 21, 1928 was between 3.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.