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• Cornelis Johannes Theissling († 2005)
• Cornelis Joannes Theissling, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Antje VAN SPRANG, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Cornelia Dingena Grootens, Breda († 1976)
• Cornelis Jacobus Omtzigt, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• ? ? († 1976)
• Armisted Mckee Moore, Troy, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Albert de Vries, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Bernardus Johannes Finkers, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1991)
• Anna Helena Wilhelmina Schalken, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1928)

• Aleida Harmanna Gezina EIKEMA (73), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Goené (42), Rotterdam
• Antonetta Frederica Sophia Stakenburg (53), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• Alida Gezina den Ouden (46), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus de Graaf (65), Velsen
• Anna MEES (80), Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Antoon Prinselaar (46), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria Martha Moonen (74), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Gezina den Ouden (46), Warmenhuizen
• Antonius Aloisius Maria Post (47), Budel

• 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)

• 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 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

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.