About the day » Saturday April 21, 1928Calender converter

• Clinton Andrew Acker, Salt Creek, Hocking, Ohio, United States († 1998)
• Altje Zoetemeijer, Fehndorf, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 2016)
• Anneke Spijksma, Nijland, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1964)
• Aalt Hijmissen, Putten († 2009)
• Catharina Johanna Engelina Verwaaijen, Loerbeek, Nederland († 2007)
• Adriana Timmermans, Boxtel († 2002)
• Adriana Slot, Heemstede († 2012)
• Clarence Arnold Wieberdink, Roseland, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• * Wilhelmus Johannes Gielen, Helden († 2003)
• Catharina (Trien) Adriana Hoogeboom, Warmenhuizen († 2019)

• Arent Brondijk (70), Muskegon Heihgts (Muskegon County) (Michigan)
• Albertina Arnoldina Hooijer (77), Baarn
• Adriana Jacoba Gaanderse (29), Wageningen Gld. NL
• Antoinnetta Susanna Elisabeth Essers (64), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Huibertus van den Berg (76), Echteld, Gemeente Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Veldman (26), Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Recktenwald (77), Alt Saarbrücken, St Arnual und St Johann, Saarland, Deutschland
• Annigje Hannen (79), Weststellingwerf
• Anna Maria Hubertina Simons (40), Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem
• Aalt Jansen (66), Harderwijk

• 1925 » Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
• 1925 » John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire († 2018)
• 1926 » Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager and cricketer († 2002)
• 1926 » Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms
• 1927 » Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author († 1991)
• 1928 » Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1996)
• 1930 » Dieter Roth, German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor († 1998)
• 1930 » Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright († 2004)
• 1930 » Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee († 2012)
• 1930 » Silvana Mangano, Italian actress († 1989)

• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)

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.
• March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

The temperature on April 21, 1928 was between -0.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.