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• Antjo Meijerhof, Groningen († 2002)
• Albert SCHOEFS, Hoeselt (Limburg) (B) († 1958)
• de Backer, Bergeijk
• Cornelia Johanna de Ruijter, Wijk aan Zee en Duin († 2010)
• Alphons Gustaaf Oswald Adriaan Remery, Asten († 1979)
• Scholte, Emmen († 1928)
• David French Stephenson, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States († 2004)
• Annelies Brinkman, Hoensbroek († 2006)
• Dirkje Ottolina Langeveld († 2013)
• David Sessums Rankin, Houston, Harris Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1997)

• Arend Botter (33), Rotterdam
• Catharina Polderman (87), Sint Maartensdijk gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Arie Gerrit de Kruijk (1)
• Alberta Johanna Kippersluijs (74), Utrecht
• Arend Botter (33), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie KERS (47), Jaarsveld
• Aukjen van Steen (75), Workum
• Anna Bakkum (42), Velsen
• Louisa Catharina Mel, Stoppeldijk
• Aukje van Steen (75), Workum

• 1923 » Jay Hebert, American golfer († 1997)
• 1924 » Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma († 2017)
• 1927 » Lois Maxwell, Canadian-Australian model and actress († 2007)
• 1928 » Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician († 2014)
• 1928 » William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi († 2013)
• 1929 » Vic Morrow, American actor and director († 1982)
• 1931 » Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 2006)
• 1931 » Brian Kelly, American actor and director († 2005)
• 1932 » Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
• 1934 » Florence Henderson, American actress and singer († 2016)

• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
• 1948 » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)

• 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 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.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on February 14, 1928 was between 4.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.