About the day » Saturday July 28, 1906Calender converter

• Alfons Maria Franciscus Stuer, Bazel, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1977)
• Anna Jacoba Middendorp-, Uithuizen, Nederland († 1907)
• Antonetta Hermans, Beek († 1995)
• Anna Maria Helena Meijer, Venlo († 1991)
• * Francisca van Vliet, Tilburg
• Adrianus Bennes, Arnhem
• Abraham Adolf Agerbeek, Madioen, Java, Nederlands Indië († 1968)
• Alida Catharina Commandeur, Wognum Nederland († 1906)
• Aart Gerrit Herweijer, Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adriana Vink, Den Helder

• Andreas Bruls (23), Heerlen
• Arie Jan Hollenberg (75), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Kram (76), Groningen
• Adriana Van Der Voort (57), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Niet (42), Scheveningen
• Adriaan van Dommelen (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Verdoorn (23), Zierikzee
• Achillus Defever (32), Merckem
• Anna Theodora Boshoven (0), Huissen
• Arendje Dijkshoorn (69), Vlaardinger-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 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)
• 1909 » Aenne Burda, German publisher († 2005)
• 1909 » Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet († 1957)
• 1914 » Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer († 1984)
• 1915 » Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)

• 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)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
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.
• February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.

The temperature on July 28, 1906 was between 12.1 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.