About the day » Sunday January 15, 1928Calender converter

• Alfred Louis Wijnbergen, Brussel, Belgium († 1999)
• Berend Jan Habing, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Christina Johanna Cornelia Verheij, AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Agneta Maria STUIT, Winschoten,, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Everdina Grobbe, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)
• Alfred Abraham Justus Charles Norden, Amsterdam, Holland († 1995)
• Dirkje Hollander († 1947)
• Adriana Henrica Lammers, Vlijmen († 2014)
• Cornelia Johanna Damen, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Antonius Johannes Schoenmakers, Chaam, Nederland († 2003)

• Anna Cornelia Hogewoning (44), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaan Willem van Everdingen (74), Terneuzen
• Aleida Johanna Everink (60), Groenlo
• Antonius Adrianus Jacobus Franciscus Horsten (2), Tilburg
• 'Arthur' Joannes Paul CONVENT (65), Hamme (Oost-Vlaanderen), 42008, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Anna Louisa LAMAN TRIP (77), Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Antje Lunsing (81), Groningen
• Adriana Maria Johanna Schneijderberg (8), Zevenbergen
• Adriana Dubbeldam (73), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Marie George (36), Houplines (Frankrijk)

• 1924 » George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer († 2013)
• 1925 » Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor
• 1925 » Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
• 1926 » Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress († 2005)
• 1927 » Phyllis Coates, American actress
• 1928 » W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author († 2015)
• 1929 » Earl Hooker, American guitarist († 1970)
• 1929 » Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated in 1968)
• 1930 » Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter († 1985)
• 1931 » Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor

• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Grietje
15. Aaltje
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 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 7.6 million citizens.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

The temperature on January 15, 1928 was between 2.9 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.