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• Cornelis Kaars, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Antonius Waltherus Josephus van Hassel, Maasdriel,GD, Nederland († 2008)
• Eugene Arnold Harteloo, Washington, United States († 1977)
• Aaltje Bartha Hulzebos, Beilen († 2002)
• Francis John Lent, Faribault, Minnesota, United States († 1997)
• Anthonie Brugmans († 1992)
• Elisabeth Johanna Verzandvoort, Haarlem († 2011)
• Elias Gerardus de Cocq van Delwijnen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Cornelia Josephina Wilhelmina Meesters, Roosendaal († 2015)
• Andre BULCKE, Gijverinkhove 8691 BE († 2006)

• Aalt Dockter (69), Doornspijk
• Albert Hendriks (58), Rijswijk, Nederland
• ANNECHIEN MEIJERING (20), GRONINGEN
• Aleida Gerritdina Tromp (59), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Overijssel,Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Broekhoven (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Angèle Rosa De Leus (27), Lille, Friesland, Nederland
• Aris van Viegen (29), Veenendaal, Nederland
• Anthonius Meinders (88), Arnhem
• Antonie Gerrets (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Docter (69), Aperloo, Nederland

• 1924 » Cal Abrams, American baseball player († 1997)
• 1924 » Renos Apostolidis, Greek philologist, author, and critic († 2004)
• 1926 » Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal († 2014)
• 1926 » Murray Rothbard, American economist and historian († 1995)
• 1927 » Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and economist († 2017)
• 1930 » Emma Penella, Spanish actress († 2007)
• 1930 » John Cullum, American actor and singer
• 1930 » Tom Wolfe, American journalist and author († 2018)
• 1931 » Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 » Gun Hägglund, Swedish journalist and translator († 2011)

• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)

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.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• 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.
• November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

The temperature on March 2, 1928 was between 2.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.