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• Andreas Henricus Johannes Backx, Alphen en Riel († 1990)
• Antonius Verstege, Renkum († 2003)
• Arie Hermanus Vellekoop, Ermelo († 2007)
• Cornelis BAL, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 2012)
• Charles Needham († 1992)
• Chris Scholman († 1997)
• Anton Verstege, Renkum († 2003)
• Delphina Helena Huyghe, Menen († 2020)
• August Beerten († 2006)
• Bertha Maria Theresia Nefkens, Meiderich (Duitsland) († 2010)

• Aart Jan Visser (48), Epe
• Arend Neuteboom (47), Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriana Timmermans (72), Oosterhout
• Adriana Maria van Lieshout (78), Rotterdam
• Aafje Bakker (86), Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jozina VAN DER WURFF (75), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertha van Til (69), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Lieshout (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Magchls de Best (54), Leiden
• Antoni Bannink (58), Alphen aan den Rijn

• 1924 » David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author († 2014)
• 1925 » Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 († 2001)
• 1926 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1927 » Bud Grant, American football player and coach
• 1927 » David Hedison, American actor († 2019)
• 1927 » Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal († 2016)
• 1929 » Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance
• 1930 » Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach († 2009)
• 1931 » Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager († 1982)
• 1931 » Louis Smith, American trumpeter († 2016)

• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• 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.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• 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 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

The temperature on May 20, 1928 was between 2.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.