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• (Thomas Herbert) Richard Cashmore († 2014)
• Catharina Wilhelmina (Toos) Scheffers
• Catharina Arendna Selderbeek, Den Helder († 2008)
• Catherina Louisa - Tho Tielens, Achel († 2002)
• Clorine Williams, Jefferson, Alabama († 1999)
• Cornelis Hendriksz Vos, Huizen († 2002)
• Antoinette Maria Jacobs, Blaricum († 2011)
• Cornelis Vos, Huizen († 2002)
• Cecil John van Limburg Stirum, Englewood, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Albertus ten Brink, Almelo, Nederland († 2013)

• Aaltje Klooster van .t (77), eemnes
• Aaltje van 't Klooster (77), Eemnes
• Andries van Poppel (85)
• Adrianus Nagtegaal (41), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Jacoba Van Der Werf (79), Nieuwer Amstel, Netherlands
• Adriana Bartels (71), Etten-Leur
• Adrianus van Kastel (0), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Andrew Lester Knooihuisen (17), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anneke van der Kolk (65), Eethen
• Adriana Bartels (71), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1922 » Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager († 2014)
• 1922 » Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player († 2000)
• 1923 » Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic († 2003)
• 1925 » Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park († 1995)
• 1926 » Kim Jong-pil, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2018)
• 1928 » William Peter Blatty, American author and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1929 » Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1929 » Terry Moore, American actress
• 1931 » Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier († 2013)
• 1933 » Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer († 2010)

• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1951 » René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1960 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)

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.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.

The temperature on January 7, 1928 was between 0.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.