About the day » Thursday January 28, 1909Calender converter

• Christiaan Pagters, Emmen
• Albert Klaas POST, Zwolle Overijssel Netherlands
• Aleida Geertruida Fidder, Raalte, Nederland
• "Margarethe" Franziska Eleonore Karoline von Schlitz († 1994)
• († 1979)
• Abraham William Goedvolk († 1978)
• Adriana Creteer, den Bosch
• Adriana van Velthuizen († 1992)
• Aaltje Leferink, Schoonebeek († 1998)
• Adriaan Simon Hubert Vlasblom, Amsterdam († 1909)

• Antonia Postma (4), Oldenzaal, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes van Zoest (0), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
• Aaltje Duiker (65), Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Knaapen (74), Alphen en Riel
• Aartje Cornelia Slagt (43), Kockengen
• Antonette Maas (13), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Maria Van Duuren (0), Zwollerkerspel (Westenholte)
• Anna Maria Looijmans (64), Someren
• Anna Hillegonda Suurendonk (2), Amsterdam(NH)
• Anna Elizabeth SCHUTZ (85), Alkmaar,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1900 » Alice Neel, American painter († 1984)
• 1903 » Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator († 1978)
• 1903 » Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS († 1971)
• 1906 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician († 1992)
• 1906 » Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete († 1991)
• 1908 » Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer († 1931)
• 1910 » John Banner, Austrian actor († 1973)
• 1911 » Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient († 2018)
• 1912 » Jackson Pollock, American painter († 1956)

• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
• March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
• December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

The temperature on January 28, 1909 was between -9.9 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.