About the day » Sunday July 29, 1928Calender converter

• Adriana Maria Michielsen, Chaam († 1930)
• Bertha Bakker, Ambt Hardenberg († 2022)
• Alida Christina Knip, Delft
• Egbert Idema, Klijndijk, Odoorn († 1982)
• Albertus Johannes de Winter, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2002)
• Camille L. BIETS, Heers, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1988)
• Aart Hendrik Cornelis Schipper, Arnhem († 1929)
• Arendje Lena Luyendijk († 1985)
• Adrianus Johannes Henricus Weterings, Gilze en Rijen († 2005)
• Antonius Martinus Johannes Klessens, Wintelre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)

• Drenth (0), Stadskanaal
• Anje Klasina DODDEMA (36), Groningen
• Albert Jansen (76), Oosterhoek (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anna Maria Hesdal (75), Schin op Geul, Nederland
• Anna Oomen (70), Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Cornelis Hendriks (61), Kerkrade
• Abraham van de Velde (82), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Benedikt Frenkel (78)
• Auker Pieter Duinker (67), Haarlem NH, Netherlands
• Anje Klasina Doddema (36), Groningen

• 1924 » Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor († 2005)
• 1924 » Robert Horton, American actor († 2016)
• 1925 » Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic († 2014)
• 1925 » Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
• 1925 » Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster († 2019)
• 1926 » Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright († 2010)
• 1930 » Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer († 2018)
• 1931 » Kjell Karlsen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2020)
• 1932 » Leslie Fielding, English diplomat

• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)

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.
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• 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.
• 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 July 29, 1928 was between 8.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.