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• Cornelis van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Catharina Korver, Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Bernardus Franciscus Zonneveld, Noordwijk († 2013)
• Cornelis van Beelen († 1996)
• Celine SPADA, Lier,2500,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2009)
• Cor van Limpt, Reusel, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Peters, Velp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Zundert († 1976)
• Cornelio Kraaij, Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentinië († 1990)
• Aurora C. Scaramella († 2018)

• Aaltje Bos (67), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aletta van Veen (78), Linschoten
• Anna Maria Sophia DEHAL (79), Thorn, 6017, Maasgouw, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Henriette Steffen (66), Vlissingen (Zld.)
• Anna Wijnanda Catharina Maria Borel (89), Ginneken
• Anna Maria Sophia Dehal (78), Thorn (NL)
• Antonia Muijs (81), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Bragt (23), Geertruidenberg
• Alfred Henri Knapen (32), Brugge, België
• Aagje Flach (91)

• 1923 » Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness († 2008)
• 1924 » Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager († 2012)
• 1924 » Richard Hooker, American novelist († 1997)
• 1927 » Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic († 2014)
• 1928 » Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic († 2015)
• 1928 » Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician († 2008)
• 1930 » Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh († 2019)
• 1930 » Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh
• 1931 » Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia († 2007)
• 1932 » Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician († 2016)

• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)

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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• 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 February 1, 1928 was between 2.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.