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• Angenieta van den Haak, Rijnsburg († 2009)
• A.G(Antoon) Voorhuis, Geesteren (Tubbergen) († 2009)
• Cornelis Imthorn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Coenraad Willemsz Vos, Bussum († 2002)
• Aartje Schaap († 2020)
• Adriaan Verhage, Westkapelle, Nederland († 2003)
• Ardyce Martens, Garretson, Minnehaha County, South Dakota († 1991)
• Azemina Konjević (Konjevic), Bosna in Hercegovina († 2012)
• Adriaan Verhage, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 2003)
• Bart Hendrik Kraaijenhof, Harderwijk († 1978)

• ANNEGJE POT (70), IJSSELMONDE
• Albert Dilling (33), Yde (Vries, Dr)
• Catherine SCHMIDT (74), Dubuque,Iowa,America
• * Cornelia Klesman (46), Rotterdam
• Amelia James (86), Haarlem
• Arie Albertus van der Horst (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Gerarda Christina Hubbers (18), Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Baukje Jeltes Stellingwerf (76), South Holland, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltien Pranger (56)
• Auguste Ferdinanda Maria Mähler (69), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands

• 1926 » David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician
• 1928 » Betsy Rawls, American golfer
• 1928 » Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian air marshal and politician, 4th President of Egypt († 2020)
• 1928 » Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader († 2006)
• 1928 » Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet, translator, and publisher
• 1928 » Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver († 1961)
• 1929 » Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian († 1993)
• 1929 » Manuel Contreras, Chilean general († 2015)
• 1930 » Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family
• 1930 » Roberta Peters, American soprano († 2017)

• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)

• 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.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• 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.

The temperature on May 4, 1928 was between 8.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.