About the day » Saturday May 28, 1904Calender converter

• Anna Kamper, Warmenhuizen († 1904)
• ANNIGJE OUWERKERK, Rotterdam
• Albertus Bernardus Tooneman, Arnhem († 1944)
• albert KOSTER, pernis
• Alice Melton
• Adriana Catharina Janssen, Elst, Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1905)
• Adriana de Wit, Snelrewaard († 1975)
• * Dirkje Johanna Ruighaver, IJselmonde († 1975)
• Adolphina Helena van Emden, Paramaribo († 1983)
• Aldegonda Helena Snoekx, Eksel (B)

• Cornelia van der Wijst (Linders) (81), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Arend Hilbink (66), Slagharen, Nederland
• Cornelis van Dijk (55), Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Griffioen (0), Woerden, Zuid-Holland (na 1989 Utrecht), Nederland
• Arie Griffioen (0), Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Farla (4), Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Cornelis LAMBRECHTS (79), Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Lanting (27), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arend Hilbink (66), Slagharen
• Cornelia Blom (60), Amersfoort

• 1900 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player († 1939)
• 1903 » S. L. Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded Kirloskar Group († 1994)
• 1906 » Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada († 1997)
• 1908 » Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond († 1964)
• 1908 » Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2005)
• 1909 » Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player († 2005)
• 1910 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg († 1987)
• 1910 » Rachel Kempson, English actress († 2003)
• 1910 » T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1975)
• 1911 » Bob Crisp, South African cricketer († 1994)

• 1864 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
• 1878 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 1947 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

The temperature on May 28, 1904 was between 10.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.