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• Anna Katharina Johanna Peeters, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2014)
• Aaltje Thijs, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Adrianus Jacob (Adrie) Weijts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Anskje Rika Sierkstra, Workum († 2021)
• Albertus Vening, Emmerschans, Emmen († 2024)
• Cornelis van Hamersveld († 2014)
• Bernadina Henrica Maria (Dien) Stallenberg, Monnickendam († 2009)
• Antonius Henricus Mennen, Maastricht († 2001)
• BRANDT, Sinaai († 1979)
• Adrianus Joannes Cornelius Jansen, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2014)

• Alida Willemina Vermaak (85), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• "kind van mannelijk" Kramer (0), Den Helder
• Antje Spreen (69), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Beek (70), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Bos (85), Utrecht {UT}
• Aaltje Jans Ophuis (28), Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• van Bergen (0), Groningen
• Allegonda Maria Theresia van Hoenselaar (0), Sint Anthonis
• ariaantje ringeling (79), amsterdam
• Wijk (0), Rotterdam

• 1926 » Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1926 » Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland († 2014)
• 1926 » Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer († 2018)
• 1926 » Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor († 1990)
• 1927 » Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1996)
• 1928 » James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 » André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2019)
• 1929 » Joi Lansing, American model, actress and nightclub singer († 1972)
• 1929 » Willis Hall, English playwright and author († 2005)
• 1931 » Ram Dass, American author and educator († 2019)

• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1950 » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)

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.
• March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
• 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 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• 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 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.

The temperature on April 6, 1928 was between 1.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.