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• Antonius Hendrikus Strijtveen († 2007)
• Charles William "Billy" Smith, Wellsburg Br, Kentucky († 1980)
• Adrianus Antonius Mulders, Den Haag († 1929)
• Cornelis de Ruijter, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Cornelis leonardus Blom († 2000)
• Cornelia Vermue, Standaartbuiten († 1964)
• Adrianus Simon van Zwieten, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 2006)
• Anthony Frederick MILDER, Clinton,Iowa,America († 1995)
• (Stillborn) HAMMING, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1928)
• Bernard Jan Christiaan Lammers († 1988)

• Bernardus Kamphuis (77), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Amandus Willekens (19), Lommel, Limburg, België
• Albertje Denkela (80), Zuidhorn
• Antje van de Mheen (64), Utrecht
• Aafje VLEESHAKKER (66), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Jans Denkela (80), Zuidhorn
• Aafien Niestijl (63), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aartje Mulder (68), Ede
• Aagje Hofman (8), Waddinxveen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice May Conrow (44), CLAY CENTER, CLAY COUNTY, KANSAS

• 1926 » Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general and politician, 9th Israeli Minister of Tourism († 2001)
• 1927 » Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist († 2014)
• 1928 » Asrat Woldeyes, Ethiopian surgeon and educator († 1999)
• 1928 » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer († 1964)
• 1928 » Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician
• 1928 » Martin Landau, American actor and producer († 2017)
• 1929 » Anne Weale, English journalist and author († 2007)
• 1929 » Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Edith Windsor, American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activist († 2017)
• 1930 » Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish sculptor and academic († 2017)

• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Bernard Baruch, American financier and politician (b. 1870)

• 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.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
• 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.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on June 20, 1928 was between 7.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.