About the day » Tuesday July 28, 1896Calender converter

• Annechien Bonder, Haren († 1919)
• Adam Frederik HILLEBRAND, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1905)
• Adriana Maria Thoen, Monster
• Amy Wilson Bannister, St Annes On The Sea, Lancashire, England († 1977)
• Anna Margaretha Vromesteijn, Zaandam, NH, Nederland († 1896)
• * Leonardus Gerlach, Utrecht († 1955)
• Aloijsia Adriana Melis, Tilburg († 1917)
• Andries stephanus van den Berg, Rotterdam († 1964)
• Annechina Feddes, Windeweer, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Casper Enser, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1973)

• Antje Geerts van Egten (48), Nieuweroord, Westerbork
• Aloïsius Renatus Defever (29), Leuven
• Derk Frederiks (0), Odoorn
• Anna Cornelia Spiegelberg (80), Amsterdam,,Netherlands
• Antonie Bijleveld (86), Leiden
• Bud "Buddy" Gillis (24), Treutlen County, Ga
• Diana Louisa Jolley Dorrity DNA995 (80), Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States
• Aagje van Duijn (71), Bodegraven, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Dina van der Zande (62), Halsteren, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Catharina Gouwy (66), Zarren

• 1887 » Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1887 » Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author († 1983)
• 1893 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter († 1926)
• 1898 » Lawrence Gray, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)
• 1901 » Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist († 1986)
• 1902 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter († 1959)
• 1902 » Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic († 1994)
• 1907 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands († 1983)

• 1869 » Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Hendrika
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Petronella
16. Neeltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
• June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
• August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
• November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.

The temperature on July 28, 1896 was about 15.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.