About the day » Thursday May 24, 1928Calender converter

• Bertha Josepha Lambermon, Susteren († 2013)
• Albert Hubert Deceuninck, Kerkrade († 2017)
• Antje Oostenbrink, Nederland ((Steenwijkerwold) († 2021)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Geerlings, Voorhout, Bergamolaan († 1999)
• Carlos De Clercq, Lokeren († 1983)
• Albert Jan Hoekman, Vorden, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Gerardina Maria (Anneke) Centen, Wanroij († 1999)
• Cornelis Johannes Petrus Querelle, Utrecht († 1995)
• Alida Manten († 2013)
• Betty Laura Franklin, Queensborough * Canada * († 2003)

• Albertje Pomper (31), Sleen
• Cornelia (Cornelis) Bakker (88), ,, Nieuwe-Tonge, Nederland
• Alline Wurmbach (87)
• Aaltje ter Veer (53), Slochteren (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Bernardus Wilkens (78), Groningen
• A. Altena, Rheezerveen
• Aleida van Beek (77), Kampen
• Ceonraad Hendrik Laubser f11g2h2 (68)
• Alida Johanna van der Horst (66), Soest
• Odijk (0), Deventer

• 1923 » Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress († 1986)
• 1924 » Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter
• 1925 » Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator († 2013)
• 1925 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director († 1994)
• 1926 » Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 1928 » William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer († 2016)
• 1932 » Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer († 2016)
• 1933 » Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author († 2015)
• 1933 » Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago († 2014)
• 1933 » Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor

• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)

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.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
• November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

The temperature on May 24, 1928 was between 1.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.