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• Adrianus Kaag, Oudkarspel († 1930)
• van der Gaarden, Rotterdam († 1928)
• Carel Geerdink, Hengelo († 2014)
• Constant Karel Victor Couwberghs, Eindhout, 2430, Laakdaal, België († 2006)
• Charles Richard Davison, Wells County, Indiana († 1935)
• Anna Maria van WEES, Den Haag († 1932)
• Cornelis Johannes Peters († 2009)
• Cornelis van Waardenburg, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Antonius Henricus Maria van iersel, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Arlene Morse († 2008)

• Augustinus Engelen (54), Tessenderlo, 3980, België
• Anna Catharina Janssens (83), Wuustwezel
• Alexander Friedrich Lothar von Castell-Rüdenhausen
• Argemiro Rennó da Costa (41), São Bento do Sapucaí, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adam Forster Wiarda (80), Sydney, Australië
• Anna Maria Cornelia Kothmann (46), Amsterdam
• Alexandre de Castell-Rüdenhausen (61)
• Adrianus van der Wagt (72), Zuidland
• Adrianus Jacobus Otten (54)
• Antonia Maria Heesters, Haaren

• 1926 » David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO († 2014)
• 1926 » Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic († 2007)
• 1926 » Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer († 2011)
• 1927 » Lokesh Chandra, Indian historian
• 1928 » Edwin Pope, American journalist and author († 2017)
• 1928 » Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist
• 1928 » Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor († 2013)
• 1930 » Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan († 1997)
• 1930 » Nicholas F. Brady, American businessman and politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1930 » Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower († 2018)

• 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 » Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)
• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)

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 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• 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.
• 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 April 11, 1928 was between 9.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.