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• Antonius Franciscus Jonny Echtermeijer, Heerlen († 2008)
• Anna Theresia Maria Kortooms, Deurne († 2015)
• Catharina Cornelia van Gastel, Amsterdam († 2009)
• David Malkolm Brattmyr († 1980)
• Berendina Vunk, Almen (GE NL) († 1976)
• Albert Mulderij, Nieuweroord, Hoogeveen († 2003)
• Cornelia Janna van Bentum, Ermelo, Gemeente Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Aartje Neeltje van Bergeijk, Piershil († 1991)
• Alice Elsie Szczublewski, Temperance, Bedford Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States († 2012)
• Angeline Lintjer, Muskegon (Michigan, USA) († 2012)

• Alida Lucretia Heeres (77), Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alida Lucrecia Heeres (77), Midwolda (gem. Oldambt)
• Albert Lawrence James (62), Content, Saint Catherine, Jamaica
• Aart Teunis Verbeek (76), Ophemert
• alphonsus jacobus johannes swaters (79), neerbosch
• antje kostelijk (67), St. Pancras
• Aaltje Feijer (60), Hoogeveen
• Antonius Johannes Leonardus Gijben (29), amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Vandooren (31), Hasselt (B)
• Aaltje Last (75), Assendelft

• 1926 » Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1927 » Florencio Campomanes, Filipino political scientist and chess player († 2010)
• 1927 » Guy Mitchell, American singer († 1999)
• 1928 » Bruce Forsyth, English singer and television host († 2017)
• 1928 » Clarence 13X, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths († 1969)
• 1928 » Paul Dooley, American actor
• 1928 » Texas Johnny Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1929 » James Hong, American actor and director
• 1929 » Rebecca Schull, American stage, film, and television actress
• 1930 » Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress († 2016)

• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)

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.
• April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

The temperature on February 22, 1928 was between -2.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.