About the day » Thursday August 2, 1928Calender converter

• Elza Mestdagh, Knesselare,9910,Oost Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België († 1979)
• Cornelia Theodora Wilhelmina MEIJS, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Betty Boelkins, Fulton (Whiteside, Illinois, USA) († 2013)
• Albert Plaggenmarsch, Ambt Hardenberg († 1965)
• Dale H. Corbin († 1963)
• Cornelia Margaretha de Regt († 2007)
• Carolina Maria Fliers, Vlissingen († 2018)
• Dirk Bastiaan de Vries, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Clasina Spierings, Rosmalen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Bruno KUNOWSKI, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 1996)

• Adrianus Cornelis Baaijens (37), Boxtel
• Albertje van der WERFF (65), Dantumadeel
• Andrew Mitchell Russell (0), Webb, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States
• Cornelia Hakbijl (76), Zeist Utr. Nederland
• Catharina Heinst (62)
• Cornelia Ederveen (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Daalman (66), Leimuiden (PC2451), Nederland
• Benno Bruno Benjamin Scherek (73), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Bienze Monsma (60), Rinsumageest, Friesland, Nederland
• Bertha GOOSSENS (56), Gent, 44021, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1925 » John Dexter, English director and producer († 1990)
• 1925 » John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player († 2017)
• 1925 » K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1927 » Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic († 2018)
• 1928 » Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1929 » David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda († 2017)
• 1929 » John Gale, English director and producer
• 1929 » Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer († 2014)
• 1929 » Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2013)
• 1930 » Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer († 2003)

• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)

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.
• April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• 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.
• November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

The temperature on August 2, 1928 was between 7.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.