About the day » Tuesday March 20, 1928Calender converter

• Anna Maria WIJLER, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Agatha Theresia Hersbach, Schiedam († 2005)
• Donna Marie Achterhof, Sint Croix County, Wisconsin, VS († 2010)
• Elizabeth Anna Scholten († 1958)
• Catharina Petronella Johanna Theresia -Toos- Leijten († 2016)
• Albert Oosting, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Donald Joseph Bleichner, Pesotum, Champaign, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Anna REIJNGOUD, Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Anthony Bernard Blond († 2008)
• Egbert Ensing, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1929)

• Anna Catharina Johanna Baalman (54), Vlissingen, Nederland
• Almeric Edward Bertie (81)
• Agnes Beveridge Jardine (64), Logan, Cache County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Alberdina Lahuis (13), Gees, Oosterhesselen
• Adriaan Koreman (92)
• Albert Bakker (80), Leeuwarden
• van Wijk (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberic Edward BERTIE (81), Nottingham Nottinghamshire England U.K
• Aafje Koomen (67), Oostwoud, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Steins (56), Heer, Limburg, Nederland

• 1925 » John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel († 1999)
• 1927 » John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic († 2019)
• 1928 » Fred Rogers, American television host and producer († 2003)
• 1928 » James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer († 2013)
• 1928 » Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach († 2002)
• 1929 » Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director († 2015)
• 1929 » William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1930 » S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic († 1998)
• 1931 » Hal Linden, American actor, singer, and director
• 1931 » Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter

• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 1925 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1931 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)
• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)

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.
• January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
• January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• 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 March 20, 1928 was between 1.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.