About the day » Sunday March 11, 1928Calender converter

• Allegonda Maria Kraaijeveld, Rotterdam († 2015)
• Betty Estella Whispell, Kunkle, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania († 2011)
• (Stillborn) BRUINSMA, Westdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1928)
• Anna Raman, Lochristi († 1978)
• Elizabeth Maria Josephina Murk, Schoonhoven, Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1985)
• Elias Wabeke, Wemeldinge († 1975)
• Albert Leffers († 1989)
• Anne Thijs Jonkman, Amsterdam († 1990)
• Albert Robison MURPHY, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 1928)
• Edithe "Angeline" Heylbroeck, Gent († 2017)

• Antonie Essenboom (53), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Thornton (42), Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
• Athonie Essenboom (53), Numansdorp
• Adrianus Thoen (80), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafvien Boedeltje (74), Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Abes Kooistra (77), Leeuwarden
• Aukje Sybolts Brattinga (71), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Verkooijen (77), Chaam, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria COESEL (40), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Pieternella Faas (77)

• 1926 » Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist († 1990)
• 1927 » Col Geelan, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1996)
• 1927 » Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Joachim Fuchsberger, German actor and television host († 2014)
• 1927 » Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter († 2014)
• 1927 » Robert Mosbacher, American sailor, businessman, and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Commerce († 2010)
• 1928 » Albert Salmi, American actor († 1990)
• 1929 » Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer († 1998)
• 1929 » Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1930 » David Gentleman, English illustrator and engraver

• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
• 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)

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. Dirk

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.
• January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

The temperature on March 11, 1928 was between -4.9 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.