About the day » Wednesday July 28, 1926Calender converter

• Bertha Sluimer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1988)
• Alida Van Diepen, Heerhugowaard († 2007)
• David Porter Flynn **, Digdequash, New Brunswick († 1991)
• Adolf Maurits Overste, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2004)
• Alan Wickens, Ixworth, Suffolk, England († 2020)
• Adriaan de Laat, Den Dungen († 1940)
• Anna Maria (Annie) Fredrix, Elsloo († 2005)
• Anna Annie Hermsen († 1992)
• Corry van der Knaap, Schiedam († 1927)
• Cornelis Pluijm, Schiedam, Z-H († 1926)

• Antje E Dieken (77), George, Lynn County, Iowa
• Anna Gertrudis Bongers (77), Weert
• Aagje VAN 'T VEER (82), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Zeeuw (74), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphus Rosenberg (84)
• Anna Judig Merkx (47), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustus Hemeryck (82), Vladslo,8600,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aagje van het Veer (82)
• Hendrikje Barreveld (49), Kockengen
• Anna de Greef (78), Veldhoven

• 1922 » Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer († 2008)
• 1923 » Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer († 2008)
• 1924 » C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist († 2020)
• 1924 » Luigi Musso, Italian race car driver († 1958)
• 1925 » Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1926 » Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist († 2003)
• 1927 » John Ashbery, American poet († 2017)
• 1929 » Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States († 1994)
• 1929 » Shirley Ann Grau, American novelist and short story writer
• 1930 » Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer († 2014)

• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)

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

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

• 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
• January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
• May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
• May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
• September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

The temperature on July 28, 1926 was between 9.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.