About the day » Thursday September 28, 1905Calender converter

• Adriana Groenendaal, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1905)
• Anna Maria Hellings, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• Agnes Slotemaker, Lynden (Washington USA)
• Hendrik Tjakko Dijkhuis, Voorhout
• Anna Alphonso Maria Vroklage, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Bakker, Weststellingwerf,Friesland,Niederlande
• Adrianus Engelbertus Leijten, Haarlemmermeer († 1989)
• Adriaan Hoogesteger, Kloetinge († 1953)
• Aaltje Liemburg, Jubbega Schurega († 1987)
• Adrianus Pieter Nederpeld, Den Haag

• Bernardina Camilla Elza Dymphna Breugelmans (0), Hemiksem
• Annechien RENTING (28), Benneveld (Zweeloo), Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Diepstraten (0), Terheijden
• Aaltje Euverman (25), Oostst.wf
• Anastasia Evgrafovna Kulakov (67)
• Adriana Brands (70), Loon op Zand
• Antonie Graafmans (58), Alphen en Riel
• Andries van Essen (61), Steenwijk
• Aalbert van HEEL (66), Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Lootsma (73), Warns

• 1900 » Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII († 1951)
• 1901 » Ed Sullivan, American television host († 1974)
• 1901 » William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS († 1990)
• 1903 » Haywood S. Hansell, American general († 1988)
• 1905 » Max Schmeling, German boxer († 2005)
• 1907 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist († 1931)
• 1907 » Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician († 1997)
• 1909 » Al Capp, American author and illustrator († 1979)
• 1910 » Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines († 1997)
• 1910 » Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician († 1942)

• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
• 1915 » Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
• 1918 » Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor (b. 1888)
• 1935 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on September 28, 1905 was between 5.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.