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• Adrianus Franciscus van Iersel, Vught, NB Netherlands († 1972)
• Abraham Viskoper, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Antje Vos († 2019)
• Adrianus Franciscus van Iersel, Vught († 1972)
• Adriaan van der Leeden († 1974)
• Bartus Kamphorst, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Alice Eyskens, Antwerpen († 2002)
• Carolyn Walter Dimauro, Oklahoma († 1978)
• Antonius Cornelius Maas, Loon op Zand († 2006)
• Aart de Leeuw († 1996)

• Antoinette van Boxtel (76), Deventer
• allegonda senders (74), tongelre
• Antoon Van Hoof (63), Helmond
• Aafke Taekes Looijenga (62), Het Bildt
• Aafke Taekes Looyenga (62), Vrouwenparochie
• Antonius van Stratum (70), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Aleida Jans Damste (82), Bergen op Zoom
• Aafke Looijenga (62), Het Bildt
• Jan de Klerck (92), Steenbergen
• Alphonsus Albertus Bierens (37), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1924 » Marianne Werner, German shot putter
• 1925 » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician († 2003)
• 1927 » Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1927 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician († 2015)
• 1930 » Don Shula, American football player and coach († 2020)
• 1930 » Sorrell Booke, American actor and director († 1994)
• 1931 » Coşkun Özarı, Turkish footballer and coach († 2011)
• 1931 » Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator
• 1931 » William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia

• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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. Johan

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 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
• 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 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• 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 4, 1928 was between -1.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.