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• A H Bruijns, Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2017)
• Cornelia van der Spek, Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Andries Snellink, Hengelo, Nederland († 1944)
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Jans, Voorst († 1991)
• Betty LaJune Benson, Seaforth, Redwood County, Minnesota († 2022)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Brock, Goirle († 1992)
• Arthur Zendijk, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1994)
• Annie van Schaijk, Bergem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Agnes Maria van Oers, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Christianus Leonardus Wilhelmus Groeneveld, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2006)

• Anna Theunissen (32), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Grijsen (74), Neede
• Aouke van Tuinen (44), Almelo
• Albertus Teunissen (68), Loerbeek (GL
• Alberdina Bultje (42), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Johan van de Logt (0), Paramaribo,Paramaribo,Republiek Suriname
• Algerdina Bultje (42), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Teunissen (78), Loerbeek, Nederland
• Anton Johan Schneider (49), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Bultje (42), Loosduinen, Nederland

• 1925 » Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach († 2006)
• 1927 » Bud Cullen, Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration († 2005)
• 1927 » K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 » Phil Hill, American race car driver († 2008)
• 1928 » Johnny Gavin, Irish international footballer († 2007)
• 1928 » Robert Byrne, American chess player and author († 2013)
• 1929 » Bobby Hollander, American film director, actor, and magazine publisher († 2002)
• 1929 » Harry Agganis, American baseball and football player († 1955)
• 1930 » Antony Jay, English director and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1930 » Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor († 2014)

• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)

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. Johan

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.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on April 20, 1928 was between -1.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.