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• Bernardus Johannes (Ben) Finkers († 1991)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Catharina van de Ven, Vessem († 1928)
• Anton den Dekker († 2004)
• Aart Arie van der Leer, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Cornelis Johannes Theissling († 2005)
• Cornelia Dingena Grootens, Breda († 1976)
• Andre Arnauw, Nevele († 1950)
• Cornelis Pieter (Kees) Stegenga († 2007)
• Cornelis Edward Arthur (Kees) Korver, Utrecht († 2000)
• Cornelis de Best, Katwijk († 2004)

• Augustus (August) BOUTEN (BOUTENS) (71), Gits
• Alice Lagassa (53), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Antonius Maas (1), Hulsel
• Aukjen Bonnesd Nijenhuis (85), Lemmer, lemsterland.fr.nld
• Albertus de Graaf (65), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna MEES (80), Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Anna Maria Marta Moonen (74), Sittard, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus Bogie (36), Oirsbeek, Schinnen
• Albertus de Graaf (65), Velsen
• Augustus Boutens (71), Gits, W.-Vl., Belgium

• 1925 » Benjamin Hooks, American minister, lawyer, and activist († 2010)
• 1926 » Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter († 1958)
• 1926 » Tom Alston, American baseball player († 1993)
• 1927 » Norm Prescott, American animator, producer, and composer, co-founded Filmation Studios († 2005)
• 1928 » Irma Wyman, American computer scientist and engineer († 2015)
• 1929 » Jean Simmons, English-American actress († 2010)
• 1929 » Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1930 » Al De Lory, American composer, conductor, and producer († 2012)
• 1930 » Joakim Bonnier, Swedish race car driver († 1972)
• 1931 » Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach († 2015)

• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)

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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• 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 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• 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.

The temperature on January 31, 1928 was between -1.6 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.