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• Carl Friedrich August van Arkens, Amsterdam († 1985)
• Christina Maria (Thea) BEKS, Keldonk (NL/NB) († 2013)
• Christina (Kitty) Meilink, Helmond, Nederland († 2008)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Snels, Goirle († 1998)
• alberdina johanna vrolijk, 's gravenhage († 1928)
• Bonnie Jonell de Kock, DeMotte-Indiana (USA) († 2018)
• Abraham Jacob Fondse, Zierikzee († 1953)
• Anna Maria van Ooyen († 2004)
• Adriana Johanna van den Hurk († 2011)
• Billy Gene Conner, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1969)

• Adriana HOOOGENBOEZEM (77), Overschie
• Arij van der Ham (61), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Kleverlaan (65), Egmond-Binnen
• Anna Helena Berends (61), Almelo
• Adrianus Glaser (77), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend IJmker (67), Sibculo (gem. Hardenberg)
• Antoine WARNIER (68), Crisnée (Thys),4367,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Anna Kleverlaan (65), Egmond aan de Hoef (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Albert Niemeijer (4), Odoorn
• Antoinetta Johanna Bonke (48), Hengelo

• 1924 » Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author († 1997)
• 1926 » John Middleton Murry, Jr., English soldier, pilot, and author († 2002)
• 1927 » Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1928 » Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater († 2012)
• 1928 » Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player († 1995)
• 1928 » Ralph Goings, American painter († 2016)
• 1930 » Joan Sims, English actress († 2001)
• 1930 » Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist († 2010)
• 1931 » Vance D. Brand, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
• 1932 » Conrad Hunte, Barbadian cricketer († 1999)

• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)

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.
• 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.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.

The temperature on May 9, 1928 was between 0.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.