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• Aloysius Johannes Thielen, Roosendaal († 1944)
• Anna Catharina Wagter († 1999)
• André Van Reusel, Bioule, Midi-Pyrénées, France († 2007)
• Dolores (John-Dee) Jellema, USA († 1998)
• Eiltje BAKKER, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2003)
• Arie Breedveld († 1955)
• Caroles (Carl) Schanstra, USA († 2003)
• Egbert Langenberg († 2002)
• Catharina Petronella Hutter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1995)
• Delia May Hake, Taft, Kern, California, United States († 1953)

• Aafke Libbes Kloosterman (53), Holwierde, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Augustinus de Jongh (78), Voorburg,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Catharina Bernardina van Eijsden (75), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Snoek (63), Middelburg
• Catharina Bernardina van Eijsden (75), Amsterdam
• Catharina Maria Anthonia van der Horst (32), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Korsmit, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Benjamin Goudeketting (66), Amsterdam Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Ambrosina Weijnschenk (78), 's-Gravenhage
• Ristjouw (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1926 » Maurice Couture, Canadian archbishop († 2018)
• 1926 » Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania
• 1927 » Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods († 2004)
• 1927 » Odvar Nordli, Norwegian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Norway († 2018)
• 1927 » Peggy McCay, American actress († 2018)
• 1928 » Bill Morrison, Australian politician and diplomat, 37th Australian Minister for Defence († 2013)
• 1928 » George Yardley, American basketball player († 2004)
• 1928 » Goseki Kojima, Japanese illustrator († 2000)
• 1928 » Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer († 1989)
• 1929 » Alfonso Orueta, Chilean footballer, manager, and politician († 2012)

• 1914 » Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1918 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1853)
• 1939 » Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1949 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (b. 1869)

• 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 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• 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.

The temperature on November 3, 1928 was between 4.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.