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• Charles Buckley Fair, Woodbridge, Prince William, Virginia, United States († 2006)
• Fernanda Core Y Rosa, Puerto Rico, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Catharina Gorissen, Elsloo, Stein († 2016)
• Charlie Elwood Crocker, Wilmington, North Carolina († 2004)
• Doris LOUNSBURY († 2014)
• Franciscus Simons, Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1944)
• Bernardus de Leeuw, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Antonius Josephus van Rossenberg, Soest († 2020)
• Elisabeth de Jong, Eesterga, fr.nld († 1939)
• Dirk Hendrik Pieter van der Made, Loosduinen († 1998)

• Albarta Heukelman Colenbrander (72), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Cornelisdr Abbekerk (68), Enkhuizen
• Clementina Dombrecht (77), Oedelem, West Vlaanderen, Belgie. akte
• Antje Beer (41), Hoorn, Wedde, Netherlands
• Blanche Sibyl Clark **** (33), Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Wiggers (70), Den Haag
• Antje Beer (41), Groningen
• Alice Emma STRETTON (67), Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia
• Christiaan David Vuijk (91), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Catharina De Visscher (67)

• 1925 » Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2013)
• 1926 » Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
• 1928 » George McFarland, American actor († 1993)
• 1928 » Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic († 2014)
• 1929 » Moses Gunn, American actor († 1993)
• 1929 » Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman († 1996)
• 1930 » Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia († 2018)
• 1932 » Maury Wills, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1933 » John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Phill Niblock, American composer and director

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (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. 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.
• April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
• 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.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

The temperature on October 2, 1928 was between 6.0 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.