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• André Jaak Adriaan Adriaansen, Essen († 2013)
• Anna Maria de Boorder, Eenigenburg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Berendina Maria Mijnen, Silvolde († 2014)
• Angèle Gilis, Hasselt, België († 2004)
• Carol Verna de Graff, South Holland, Illinois,Cook County, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Derk van Bolhuis, Adorp († 2008)
• Anthonie den Braven († 2004)
• Alida Jacoba Herrewijn, Soekaboemi (Ned. Indië) († 2001)
• Bernardus Johannes Elshof, erve de Bil, Heino († 2019)
• Betty Lucile Seckman, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., NE († 2012)

• Alberts Garrelts TRAUERNICHT (67), Ihlow,,DEUTSCHLAND,Ostersander
• Bernardus Antonius Wiercx (72), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Willemina Johanna Wilhelmina Juge (47), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Arend van der Stouwe (66), Zwartsluis
• * Arie Blom (30), Leerdam
• Albertus Willem van Setten (78), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• van Goor (0), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus van der Sanden (0)
• Anna Maria Janssen (67), Wijchen
• Anna Kanters (32), Deurne, Nederland

• 1925 » Carmel Quinn, Irish singer, actress and writer
• 1925 » John Swainson, Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan († 1994)
• 1926 » Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist († 2011)
• 1926 » Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher († 2016)
• 1927 » Peter Nichols, English author and playwright († 2019)
• 1928 » Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician († 2014)
• 1929 » Don Murray, American actor
• 1929 » Gilles Carle, Canadian director and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1929 » José Santamaría, Uruguayan footballer and manager
• 1929 » Lynne Reid Banks, English author

• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)

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.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• 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 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

The temperature on July 31, 1928 was between 11.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.