About the day » Monday July 16, 1928Calender converter

• Arnold R Powell, United States († 1928)
• van Viegen, Veenendaal († 1928)
• Albert ten Bruggencate, Sumatra, Indonesië († 2011)
• Arvin Nieuwsma, Mahaska County, Iowa († 2004)
• Bernardina Wilhelmina Liebrand, Silvolde Gld († 2001)
• Roks, Ginneken († 2012)
• angéle Grammens († 1990)
• Cornelia Kuijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Anna Johanna Antonia Elisabeth de Vet, Tilburg († 2010)
• Aart Rebel, Huizen († 2022)

• Antonie Evert Collignon (0), IJkenberg
• Albert Kuiper (71), Arnhem
• Antonius HUIJBERS (82), Erp, Nederland
• Anje Sterenberg (61), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Maandag (71), Arnhem (Gd)
• Bernardus Hermanus Geerts (40), Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alijda van Rossum (76), Stoutenberg
• Bernardus Hermanus GEERTS (40), Davenport, Scott County, Iowa (VS)
• Aalt Van Putten (83), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States
• Auguste Vanderzypen (70), Roubaix, 59512, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• 1927 » Derek Hawksworth, English footballer
• 1927 » Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant († 2013)
• 1927 » Shirley Hughes, English author and illustrator
• 1928 » Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author († 2000)
• 1928 » Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian († 2016)
• 1928 » Bella Davidovich, Soviet-American pianist
• 1928 » Dave Treen, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Louisiana († 2009)
• 1928 » Jim Rathmann, American race car driver († 2011)
• 1928 » Robert Sheckley, American author and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1929 » Charles Ray Hatcher, American serial killer († 1984)

• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)

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.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• 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.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

The temperature on July 16, 1928 was between 16.5 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.