About the day » Tuesday August 28, 1906Calender converter

• Allan Voice, Newhaven, East Sussex, England († 1960)
• Andreas Dekker, Limmen, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Tanis, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States of America († 1994)
• Anna Adriana Koyen, Meerle
• Albertus Johannes de Kleine, Kampen († 1971)
• Abraham But, Vlissingen († 1979)
• "Louis" Marie Coeur Marcel de Galard Terraube, Marolles-sur-Seine
• Adriana Huizer, Middelharnis († 1982)
• A.A.M(Antonetta) Heimerikx, Borne
• Aaltje van 't Goor († 1962)

• Casper Jacob Andel (78), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Kat (25), Schiedam
• Amalie Baum (57), Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• van den Heuvel (0), Vlissingen
• Adriana Adamse (10), Oost en West-Souburg
• Abraham Palte (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Vermolen (0), Ginneken en Bavel
• Albertus Kuijpers (63), Schaijk
• Christiaan Tabor (0), Brummen
• Catharina Domine (93), stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee)

• 1899 » Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer († 1978)
• 1903 » Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author († 1990)
• 1904 » Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player († 1998)
• 1904 » Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer († 1980)
• 1905 » Cyril Walters, Welsh-English cricketer († 1992)
• 1906 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic († 1984)
• 1908 » Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author († 1996)
• 1910 » Morris Graves, American painter and academic († 2001)
• 1910 » Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1911 » Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO († 2002)

• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)

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

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

• 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on August 28, 1906 was between 6.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.