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• Adriana Jacoba Schoonenberg, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 2016)
• Aaltje de Groot, Monnickendam, Nederland († 2011)
• Ethan Allen "Jiggs" Strouf, Niagara, Marinette, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Anna Epp († 1970)
• Dirksje Adriana Kes, Dordrecht († 2005)
• David van der Hoek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Arthur Jozef Van Look, Brasschaat († 1932)
• Christiaan Hanswijk, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1929)
• Elisabeth de Vent, Amsterdam († 1929)
• Agnes C Olson, Crawford County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Adriaantje Ides Lustig (83), Huizen
• Arend Jan Aalt van Zadelhoff (0), Huissen, Nederland
• Age Siebrands Spaan (88), nieuw roden
• Albert Botter (0), Vriezenveen
• Antonius Wilhelmus Langenhuijsen (7), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Age Spaan (88), Nieuw-Roden, Nederland
• Albert Brunsting (76), Cicero (Cook, Illinois, USA)
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (71), Lieshout
• Jantina Loorbach (29), Muntendam
• Anne ROBIC (59), Saint-Tugdual,56238,Morbihan,Bretagne

• 1925 » Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver
• 1926 » William John McNaughton, American bishop
• 1927 » Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer († 2009)
• 1927 » Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1928 » Mickey Thompson, American race car driver († 1988)
• 1928 » Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
• 1930 » Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author
• 1930 » Hal Smith, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1931 » Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy († 2013)
• 1931 » Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician

• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)

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.
• January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
• March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on December 7, 1928 was between 1.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.