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• Cletus B "butch" Rakers, Aviston Clinton County Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Egbertien van der Heide, Groningen († 2022)
• Armando Diniz Junqueira, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2000)
• Catharina Johanna Wilhelmina Manders († 1928)
• Elizabeth De Niro, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States († 1999)
• Cornelia Francina Mühlenbruch, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Antonius Pennings († 1928)
• Cornelis Johannes Vlutters, Oldenzaal († 2011)
• Adriana Nijhoff, Nieuw Weerdinge († 2018)
• Doreen Clemmitt, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia († 2016)

• Algernon S Baker (84), Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Koolhaas (74), Enkhuizen
• Adrianus Joannes van de Westelaken (12), Den Dungen
• Dirkje van der Wel (58)
• Catharina Huberta van Mierlo (36), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Heule (54), Zandvoort (NH, NLD)
• Clare Maria MOORE (74), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Antje Koolhaas (74), Enkhuizen, Nederland
• Antonius Henricus den Exter (6), Terheijden,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Edith Elinor Boland (56)

• 1926 » Betty Lynn, American actress
• 1926 » Donn Fendler, American author and speaker († 2016)
• 1926 » Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic
• 1927 » Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1928 » Charles Gray, English actor († 2000)
• 1928 » Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator († 2018)
• 1929 » Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic († 2004)
• 1930 » Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach († 2016)
• 1930 » Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman († 2006)
• 1931 » Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist († 2001)

• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)

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.
• 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.
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on August 29, 1928 was between 10.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.