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• Adriana Gerarda van Dingenen, Hapert († 1928)
• Anna Maria Luijten, Zwaluwe († 1928)
• Cornelis Hartsuiker, Zwolle († 2013)
• Albertje Houwen († 1973)
• Cornelia Johanna van der Horn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2004)
• Egbert Bruinewoud, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Bobby Pina, Phoenix, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Anna Maria Spaas, Gouda († 2010)
• Aaltje Luinstra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Bep Hemme, Denekamp († 2001)

• Armtje (Roelofs) Roskam (71), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend van der Knaap (54), Delft, Nederland
• Aaltje Peters (40), Rijswijk
• Adriana Groenendaal, Maassluis
• Coenradus Gerardus Brokerhof (76), Rotterdam
• Savenije (0), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Meinderts Talma (68), Dantumawoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annette Wendeline Cremer (52), Haren
• Bernard ROSIER (69), Winterswijk, Gelderland, NL
• Carel Godefridus van Alphen (41), Groot Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

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.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.

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.