About the day » Thursday December 28, 1916Calender converter

• Caroline Olga Schubring, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Alberdina van Lemel, Emmen († 1986)
• Catharina Janse, St.Laurens, Zeeland, Nederland († 2004)
• ... Oosterling, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1921)
• Adam verkooijen, Made, Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Cornelia Leentje Grootenboer, Willemstad († 1917)
• Arend Middelveld-, Emmen, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Johannes Baptist Bernaerts, Baarle-Nassau († 1972)
• Smits, Dalen († 1916)
• Arend Middelveld, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1998)

• Akke Tjebbes Tekstra (81)
• Alina Zuur (13), Eemsmond (Usquert) (Groningen)
• Aalbert de JONG (61), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Douven (0), Oirsbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Costers (86), Mazenzele
• Adam Westmaas (81), Holland Grand Rapids Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana de RUIJTER (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Schippers (41), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Hazina van der Kaap (5), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aalbert de Jong (61), Scheveningen

• 1911 » Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and journalist († 2003)
• 1913 » Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor († 2009)
• 1914 » Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator († 1974)
• 1914 » Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)
• 1917 » Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2010)
• 1919 » Emily Cheney Neville, American author († 1997)
• 1920 » Al Wistert, American football player and coach († 2016)
• 1920 » Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building († 2013)
• 1920 » Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player († 2012)
• 1920 » Tufty Mann, South African cricketer († 1952)

• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
• 1919 » Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1924 » Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
• 1932 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
• September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
• October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.

The temperature on December 28, 1916 was between -3.1 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.