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• Bintje van der Galiën, Hardegarijp († 2008)
• Catharina Bols, Odoorn († 2022)
• Aagje van Noord, Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Dorothy Jean Rogers († 2014)
• Adrianus Johannes Verheggen, Eindhoven († 1960)
• van Otterdijk, Tilburg
• Antonius Johannes Peeters, Maasbree († 1929)
• Corry KLOKKE, Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• Betty Ann Murphy († 2015)
• Dennis BROOKE, Goldthorpe, Yorkshire († 1998)

• Barbara van Stroe (28), Zeist, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Heiker (Haiker) (86), Alt Moletein
• Catharina Cornelia van Oostveen (54), Utrecht, Utrecht,Netherlands
• Adrianus Huijbrechts (43), Rotterdam
• Berend Boeve (0), Emst (Epe), Gld, The Netherlands
• Alida Zwart (73), Bloemendaal
• Bernardina Verbraeken (74), Geel, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe
• Adriana Cornelia van Ladesteijn (98), Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Marinus Remmerswaal (77), Wassenaar
• Angenetha Dorothea Berg (87), Den Haag

• 1926 » John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1926 » Ray Jablonski, American baseball player († 1985)
• 1926 » Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright († 2015)
• 1927 » Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1927 » Richard Long, American actor and director († 1974)
• 1928 » Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician, 7th Florida Commissioner of Agriculture († 2012)
• 1928 » Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot († 2013)
• 1928 » Marilyn Beck, American journalist († 2014)
• 1929 » William Safire, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1930 » Bob Guccione, American photographer and publisher, founded Penthouse († 2010)

• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)

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.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.

The temperature on December 17, 1928 was between -0.7 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.