About the day » Wednesday April 28, 1909Calender converter

• Adriana Maria Kranendonk, Loosduinen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bastiana Koopmans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Antonie Gerrits, Onnen, Haren,, Groningen, Nederland († 2003)
• Annechienus Mein, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1989)
• Anton Arnoldus SCHIEBAAN, Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Visser, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1982)
• Adolf Johan TANNEMAAT, Westendorp
• Adrianus van Wezenberg, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands († 1991)
• Anna Juliana van den Brink, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Wolf, Middelburg († 1909)

• Anna Adriana de Heer (75), Tholen Z
• Anna Bijvoets (71), Sneek, Fr, Nederland
• Cato van Tol (78), Rotterdam
• Adriana van de Laar (78), Breda
• Christiaan van de Meerakker (67), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Rutten (69), Gemeente den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Corneille Gerard Van Der Kaaij (59), Eindhoven
• Wolf (0), Middelburg
• Anna van den Hoof (80), Helvoirt
• Anna Maria van den Hoof (80), Helvoirt

• 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)

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.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

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.