About the day » Wednesday June 6, 1928Calender converter

• Bastiaan Vooijs, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Engelina Lentink, Dieren (Gem. Rheden) († 2011)
• Bryan Ian Knox, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand († 1988)
• Elly Lentink († 2011)
• Anna Sibilla Pieters, Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands († 1928)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Soerland († 1999)
• Alida Zwarts, Amsterdam, N-Holl, NL († 1943)
• Donald Lloyd Carnes, Grant City, Missouri († 1994)
• Elisabeth J.J. Vroom, Heerlen († 1995)
• Daniel de La Motte de la Motte Rouge († 2002)

• * Arie van Dijk (73), Lexmond
• Alfred Uvedale Miller LAMBERT (57), Bletchingley, Surrey
• Aart Jan Theodorus Jonker (75), Heerde,Gemeente Heerde,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Alice SCHUT (32)
• - den Hollander (0), Delft
• Albert Snippe (34), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Nematode Werkhoven (70), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anton Kruft (44), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Gebina - Gabina Langen (75), Munsterscheveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna van der Neut (18), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1923 » V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1986)
• 1925 » Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation († 2013)
• 1925 » Maxine Kumin, American poet and author († 2014)
• 1926 » Erdal Inönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey († 2007)
• 1926 » Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor († 1998)
• 1926 » Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator († 2009)
• 1929 » Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician († 2005)
• 1930 » Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist († 2015)
• 1932 » Billie Whitelaw, English actress († 2014)
• 1932 » David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

• 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
• 1922 » Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
• 1924 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)

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 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
• March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
• April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• 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.
• 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 June 6, 1928 was between 7.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.