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• Alida Maria Blankendaal, Alkmaar († 2015)
• Alida Aaltje Willems († 2012)
• Agnes Johanna Maria Zijerveld, Purmerend († 2010)
• Adrianus Johannes Lieffering, 's-Gravenhage († 2014)
• Anna Oerlemans, Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Althea Irene McLaury, Topinabee, Cheboygan, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Anna Maria Elizabeth (Johannes Hendrikus Antonius Scherpen) Steffens, Nieuw Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• ABRAHAM MARCUS DE JONG, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Albert Frits Wolvekamp, Hengelo († 1983)
• Anna Josephina Beerling, Nieuw Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)

• Duncan Nigel GUTHRIE (36)
• Bartholomeus Cornelis Joseph Verheijen (22), nijmegen
• Barendina van Beekum (49), 's Gravenhage
• Cornelia van Dijk (75), Hilvarenbeek
• Aleida BUSSINK (75), Aalten, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus Smulders (68), Middelbeers
• Aagtje van der Tuuk (76), Gorinchem (Zuid-Holland)
• Cornelia Adriana Vervoorn (28), Brakel (Gld.), Neth
• Berendina Hendrika Verink (59), Didam, Gelderland (NL.)
• Antje Pieters Bakker (77), Haskerland

• 1926 » Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress († 1983)
• 1926 » John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman († 2014)
• 1927 » Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler († 1977)
• 1927 » Maurice Ronet, French actor and director († 1983)
• 1927 » Rosemary Haughton, English philosopher, theologian, and author
• 1928 » Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade († 1999)
• 1928 » Gianni Marzotto, Italian racing driver and businessman († 2012)
• 1929 » Marilynn Smith, American golfer († 2019)
• 1931 » Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano († 2014)
• 1931 » Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter († 2001)

• 1912 » Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856)
• 1918 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)
• 1927 » Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
• 1941 » William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)

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 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
• 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 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).
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

The temperature on April 13, 1928 was between 2.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.