About the day » Thursday December 20, 1928Calender converter

• Eduard Johann KOHLERT, Teplitz,Aussiger Region,NORDWESTEN,TSCHECHIEN († 2013)
• Anna Adriana Roskam, Heiloo
• Carole Elizabeth Schuitema, USA († 2016)
• Anna Margaretha Lidwina van der Reijken, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Alida Mijnster, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2005)
• Betty Ann Cimmers, Dumont, Butler County, Iowa († 2022)
• Dreesje Beerdsen, Ermelo († 2007)
• Belah Hanna van Engel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Dries Bertus van der Vegt, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1974)
• Cornelis Hiersteiner, Batavia († 1974)

• Albert Schans (83), Almelo
• Christian Heisserer (74), Kelso, Scott, Missouri, United States
• Cecilia Minnie Rickus (50), Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia
• Anna Udema (80)
• Alberta Johanna van Zee (63), Apeldoorn
• Baron. Frederik Constantijn Willem Juckema Juckema Van Burmania Rengers (89), Zeist (U)
• Anna Maria Alberts (61), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Christiaan Nottrot (58), Enschede, Ov, The Netherlands
• Annechien Tel (17), Assen
• Christina Van De KLASHORST (74), Leiden

• 1924 » Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian († 2011)
• 1924 » Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada († 1980)
• 1925 » Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer († 2007)
• 1926 » Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2015)
• 1926 » Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics († 2009)
• 1927 » Jim Simpson, American sportscaster († 2016)
• 1927 » Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea († 2015)
• 1927 » Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician († 2016)
• 1931 » Mala Powers, American actress († 2007)
• 1932 » John Hillerman, American actor († 2017)

• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 » Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)

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.
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
• 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 December 20, 1928 was between -0.6 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.