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• Bertha Gutiérrez Duque, Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia († 1997)
• Celine Elias PAIS, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Clark Israelsen Allred, Hyrum, Cache,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1929)
• Dirk Schuitemaker, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Annie Fischer, Denekamp
• Alice Tant, IN († 1947)
• Christiana (Tineke) La Croix, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Constantia Verschueren, Itegem, 2222, België († 1928)
• Anna Maria Lobé, Kruiningen († 1978)
• Carola Maria Ramb, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2013)

• Beatrice Anne Williamson
• Alida de Bruijn (57), Papendrecht
• Cornelis Leendert van den Blink (0), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Wilhelmina Ridder (42), Groningen
• Cornelis van Ooijen (75), Driel
• Aafke Hoeksema (3), Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Grietje Bouma (68), Harlingen
• Arthur John Robinson (54), Kyabram, Campaspe Shire, Victoria, Australia
• Anna Mechtildis Packbier (84), Weustenrade, Klimmen
• Barendina Cornelia van Vugt (76), Woudrichem

• 1924 » Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2013)
• 1924 » Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic († 2013)
• 1925 » Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States († 2018)
• 1927 » Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer († 2020)
• 1929 » Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author († 2013)
• 1930 » Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1993)
• 1930 » Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 » Dana Wynter, British actress († 2011)
• 1931 » James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1932 » Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster

• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)

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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

The temperature on June 8, 1928 was between 10.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.