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• Corrie Hulsenboom, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Maria Geertruida van den Ende, Monster,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 2007)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Theodorus Strik, Den Haag († 1997)
• Cornelius Harry Davison, New Franklin, Howard, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Connelia Johanna Kuijs, Barsingerhorn († 1989)
• Adrianus Simon LOUTER, Ridderkerk († 1947)
• Anna Elize Kalff, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Aartje Fluit, Zeist († 2006)
• "Andrzej" Marian Grabowski († 2001)
• Annie van den Ende († 2007)

• Catharina Johanna Wittenberg (67), Den Haag,-
• Annaatje Edel (60), Sneek
• Centiena Wilhelmina Herfst (75), Kralingen
• Antje Kuiter (20), Velsen
• Cornelis Johannes Schilte . (76), Voorburg, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Margritta Roodnat (73), Rotterdam
• Aalt Beijeman (74)
• Catharina de Keijzer (54), Kapel-Avezaath
• Centiena Wilhelmina Herfst (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Schilte (76), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1927 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver († 1958)
• 1927 » Fred Hellerman, American folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2016)
• 1927 » Herbert Ross, American actor, director, and producer († 2001)
• 1928 » Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1928 » Enrique Bolaños, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua
• 1929 » John Galvin, American general († 2015)
• 1930 » José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish journalist and author
• 1930 » Mike Gravel, American lieutenant and politician
• 1930 » Vernon Shaw, Dominican politician, 5th President of Dominica († 2013)
• 1931 » Jim Jones, American cult leader, founder of the Peoples Temple († 1978)

• 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1921 » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)
• 1941 » Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)

• 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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• 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 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• 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.

The temperature on May 13, 1928 was between 4.5 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.