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• Berendina M.J. te Bogt, Eibergen-Beltrum († 1996)
• Adriana Remijnse, Den Helder, Nederland († 2010)
• Aaltje Luinstra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Maria Luijten, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1928)
• Albertje Houwen († 1973)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Poel, Sassenheim
• Adriana Remijnse, Den Helder († 2010)
• Bep Hemme, Denekamp († 2001)
• Anna Pieternella van der Wiel, Sleeuwijk († 2001)
• Audrey A. Zeeryp, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2010)

• Adriana Cornelia Coomans (88), Kloetinge
• Andreas van Keulen (61), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Smits (56), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Eisele (71), Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States
• Annette Wendeline Cremer (52), Haren
• Arend van der Knaap (54), Delft
• Catherine Houk (61)
• Antonia Stegeman (48), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Hazina van der Kaap (10), Eindhoven
• Adriana Johanna Frissel (63), Amsterdam

• 1924 » Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist and archaeologist
• 1924 » Wilfred Josephs, English composer († 1997)
• 1927 » Alex Katz, American painter and sculptor
• 1927 » Zara Mints, Russian-Estonian philologist and academic († 1990)
• 1930 » Alfred Balk, American journalist and author († 2010)
• 1930 » Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, 10th Chief Minister of Gujarat
• 1931 » Éric Tabarly, French commander († 1998)
• 1931 » Ermanno Olmi, Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 2018)
• 1932 » Gustav Andreas Tammann, German astronomer and academic († 2019)
• 1933 » Doug Sanders, American golfer († 2020)

• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)

• 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.
• April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on July 24, 1928 was between 13.8 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.