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• "Hugues" Louis Marie Ghislain d'Orglandes, Paris († 2016)
• Anna Catharina Pronk, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Albertus Kuhnen, Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anne Kuipers, Dalen († 2009)
• Dieles Wilhelmus Hendrikus van Hees, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Aaltje Otten, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Douwe Renze de Vries, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland († 1928)
• Dorothea Batteram, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland († 2024)
• Santing, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1928)
• Augustinus Johannes de Laat, Heerlen († 2001)

• van Gelder (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Michielsen (83), Chaam
• Aaltje Broekhuizen (59), Elburg
• Anna Harmanna Meyer (89), Harlingen
• Santing (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berend Frederik van Weerd (71), Almelo, ov.nld
• Barend Hagen (55)
• Albert Frederik Dijkman (59), Rotterdam
• Stek (0), oostwold (midwolda)
• Antonius Josephus VEGER (46)

• 1926 » Jane Withers, American actress
• 1927 » Alvin Sargent, two-time Academy-Award-winning American screenwriter († 2019)
• 1927 » Thomas Hemsley, English baritone († 2013)
• 1928 » Hardy Krüger, German actor
• 1928 » Jean-François Paillard, French conductor († 2013)
• 1929 » Elspet Gray, Scottish actress († 2013)
• 1929 » Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet and educator († 2010)
• 1930 » Bryan Magee, English philosopher and politician († 2019)
• 1930 » John Landy, Australian runner and politician, 26th Governor of Victoria
• 1930 » Manuel Neri, American sculptor and painter

• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (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.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.

The temperature on April 12, 1928 was between 8.3 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.