About the day » Wednesday July 11, 1928Calender converter

• Alice Constantina Catharina Janssens, Stabroek, Antwerpen, België († 1968)
• Anna Elise Maria Sterkens, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Albert Drent, Steenwijk († 2007)
• Antonetta Wilhelmina Deckers, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1928)
• Carola Clementina Winkens, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland († 2000)
• Catharina Agatha Maria Konijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Audrey Ann Shope, Perry, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Adriaan Louis Woerdenbagch, NOI († 2003)
• Charles Johnathan Todd ?****, Dallas, Marshall, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Abraham Giezen, Purmerend Noord-Holland Nederland († 2003)

• Andrew Jackson Britt (85), Emory Gap, Roane County, Tennessee
• AMANDUS VANNESTE (77)
• Blijke Hendriks Helmus (76), Achtkarspelen
• Aagje Keizer (70), Melissant
• Abraham Goeglein (67), Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., IN
• Hoeksma (0), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Goch (71), ´s-Hertogenbosch, NL
• cornelis dol (48), wervershoof
• Christiaan Engelage (0), Siddeburen
• Blijke Hendriks Helmus (80), Surhuizum

• 1926 » Frederick Buechner, American minister, theologian, and author
• 1927 » Chris Leonard, English footballer
• 1927 » Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer († 2007)
• 1928 » Andrea Veneracion, Filipina choirmaster († 2014)
• 1928 » Bobo Olson, American boxer († 2002)
• 1928 » Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician († 2015)
• 1929 » Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist († 2006)
• 1929 » David Kelly, Irish actor († 2012)
• 1930 » Harold Bloom, American literary critic († 2019)
• 1930 » Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer

• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)

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 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
• 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 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

The temperature on July 11, 1928 was between 11.2 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.