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• Antonius Adrianus van Zon, Gilze en Rijen († 1991)
• Curtis Granville Devine, Mercer County (Kentucky) († 2009)
• Antonius Maria van Winsen, Warmond († 2019)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Antonius Spijkers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1995)
• Cornelia Jacoba (Corrie) Henkel, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Agatha Johanna Sies, Den Haag, 2500, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriana (Jenny) WILL, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland (NL) († 2019)
• Agatha_Johanna Sies, Den Haag († 1999)
• Antonia Hendrika de Jong († 2016)
• Adrianus van Noord, Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)

• Anna Elizabeth # van der Burg (38), Rotterdam
• * Jan van Triet (77), Vianen
• * Alouisa Maria Baars (0), Goes, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana Hendrika Franken, Best
• Anna Pieters (66), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Koevoets (77), Oudenbosch
• Anne REEVES (73), Yolla, Tasmania, Australia
• Albert Jan Steggink (73), Geesteren
• Albertine Bernardine Caroline Schulz (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Riphagen (84), Voorst

• 1924 » André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator († 1997)
• 1924 » Otto Beisheim, German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG († 2013)
• 1925 » Jill Balcon, English actress († 2009)
• 1926 » George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer († 2016)
• 1926 » W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1928 » Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak († 2015)
• 1929 » Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor
• 1929 » Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation
• 1929 » Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1930 » Robert Loggia, American actor and director († 2015)

• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)

• 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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• 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.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on January 3, 1928 was between -3.4 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.