About the day » Wednesday April 28, 1909Calender converter

• Adriana de Keizer, Serooskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana Bastiana Koopmans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Alida Catharina le Large, Rotterdam {ZH}
• Adrianus Antonius Maria Meijer, Schiedam († 1909)
• Albertus de Roo, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen
• Albertus de ROO, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Alan Tranerse Oliver, Fort William, Ontario
• Adriana Maria Kranendonk, Loosduinen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Johanna Theodora Kriek, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrie Eltink, Beneden-Leeuwen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1990)

• Antonius Franciscus Rutten (69), Den Haag
• Alpheus Picken Donahey (62), Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Meijer (33), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schütte (44)
• Anna Jacobs Bijvoets (71), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna van den Hoof (80), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan van de Voort (75), Udenhout
• * Gijsbert Bogaard (80), Hei-en Boeicop
• Antonius Franciscus Rutten (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• cato van tol (78), rotterdam

• 1906 » Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic († 1978)
• 1906 » Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist († 1999)
• 1908 » Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower († 1987)
• 1908 » Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster († 1981)
• 1908 » Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman († 1974)
• 1909 » Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist († 1988)
• 1910 » Sam Merwin, Jr., American author († 1996)
• 1911 » Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright († 1999)
• 1912 » Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1912 » Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy († 1995)

• 1881 » Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 » John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
• 1905 » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1928 » May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (b. 1880)

• 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 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
• April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

The temperature on April 28, 1909 was between 8.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.