About the day » Thursday March 28, 1929Calender converter

• Bauke Vennik, Assen († 1929)
• Antje Iedema, Finkum († 2003)
• Anthonius Jacobus Josephus Simons, Beesel, Nederland († 1985)
• Aaltje Pelleboer, IJsselmuiden, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Maria Helena (Mine) Möhlmann, Nieuw Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Antonetta Maria Pieternella van der Lee, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 2005)
• Albert De Vos, Ophasselt († 1930)
• Antonetta Maria Pieternella van der Lee, Utrecht († 2005)
• Aartje Gravendeel, Puttershoek († 2007)
• Adrianus Petrus Josephus Kemmeren, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)

• Adriana Dikmans (84), Teteringen
• Abraham Kooistra (53), Leeuwarderadeel
• Agnes Wheatcroft (59), Nez Perce, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Gerardus RADEMAKER (70), Zegwaart,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew William KERR (52)
• Adriaan Linden, van der (78), Loon op Zand, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Becx (0), Oisterwijk
• Afke Steensma (71), Franeker, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Woning (73), Den Helder
• Anna Maria DEXTERS (29), As (Limburg) (B)

• 1926 » Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba († 2014)
• 1927 » Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1927 » Theo Colborn, American zoologist and academic († 2014)
• 1927 » Vina Mazumdar, Indian academic and activist († 2013)
• 1928 » Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist († 2014)
• 1928 » Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; 10th United States National Security Advisor († 2017)
• 1929 » Paul England, Australian race car driver and engineer († 2014)
• 1930 » Elizabeth Bainbridge, English soprano
• 1930 » Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 » Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer († 2014)

• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian archbishop (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)
• 1941 » Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)
• 1941 » Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on March 28, 1929 was between -0.7 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.