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• Belah Hanna van Engel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Cornelis Johanna van der Meeren, Bergen op Zoom († 1929)
• Anton van Delft, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Arie Pieter Verbaas, Barendrecht († 2011)
• Anthonie Riddersma, Leeuwarden († 1982)
• Bregtje Cornelia Reinders Nijp, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Catharina Trijntje Tiny Snoek, Volendam, Edam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1992)
• Catharina Snoek, Edam, Volendam († 1992)
• Andries Bennink, Almelo († 1937)
• Antoinetta Maria Jacoba Kerkhof, Rotterdam († 1944)

• Claud Earl Todd (39), Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States of America
• Anna Gertrudis Hubertina Konings (67), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna van Zee (64), Beekbergen,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• albertus petrus antonius marie beguin (62), amsterdam
• Albert Schans (83), Almelo
• Anna Gezina Helena Braam (36), Haarlem, Nederland
• Albert Schans (83), Almelo
• Albert Newton Grafton (80), Fresno, CA
• Alberta Johanna van Zee (63), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Carl Pampel

• 1924 » Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian († 2011)
• 1924 » Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada († 1980)
• 1925 » Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer († 2007)
• 1926 » Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2015)
• 1926 » Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics († 2009)
• 1927 » Jim Simpson, American sportscaster († 2016)
• 1927 » Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea († 2015)
• 1927 » Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician († 2016)
• 1931 » Mala Powers, American actress († 2007)
• 1932 » John Hillerman, American actor († 2017)

• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 » Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)

• 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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

The temperature on December 20, 1928 was between -0.6 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.