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• CLARA SARA WIJNBERG, AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anneke Dijkstra, Zwaagswesteinde († 2001)
• Alice Marion Simms, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Aaltje Huisman († 1942)
• Bernhard Thieke, Neurhede († 2000)
• Adrienne M Giguere, Beaverville, Iroquois, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Age Bakker († 2019)
• "Rémi" Jacques François Le Bret, Paris († 2009)
• Barteld Velthuis, Groningen (Grunn), Groningen, Nederland († 2014)
• Albert van Lieshout, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)

• Griffioen (0), Polsbroek
• Adriana Catharina van Amstel, Alem. Maren en Kessel
• Adriana Belo (75), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafke Tjeerds Sinnema (89), Wymbritseradeel
• Bernardus Kemperman (78), Norg
• Adriaan Zonnevijlle (73), Oostburg
• Albertus van der Meer (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Timmermans Joanna Maria (68), Weelde, Antwerpen, België
• Arie Stolk (73), Rotterdam Z.H
• Antje Droog (79), Opmeer, Nederland

• 1924 » Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist († 1971)
• 1925 » Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1925 » Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia († 2014)
• 1925 » Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist († 2014)
• 1925 » Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman († 2008)
• 1926 » Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1926 » Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator († 2006)
• 1926 » Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1930 » Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor
• 1931 » Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster († 2013)

• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)

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.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• 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 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.
• November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
• 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 15, 1928 was between 3.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.