About the day » Tuesday August 14, 1928Calender converter

• Bernardus Hermanus Meijerink, Lonneker († 1997)
• Charlotte Caroline Temminck, Leiden († 1998)
• David van West († 1928)
• Cornelia Elizabeth Fokkes Van Der Sloot, Den Haag, gem. den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Cornelia van Leuveren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1988)
• Barbara Mary Revetagat, San Jose San, California († 2003)
• Arie JAGER, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Beverley Ada ? († 2016)
• Cornelia Margaretha Wilhelmina Meulenbroeks, Veldhoven († 2012)
• Anna C. Thijssen († 1967)

• Barten (0), Horn
• Berend Vrielink (48), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Daniel Richard Charles Walter Hall (57), South Australia, Australia
• Berend Jans Vrieling (48), Dalen, Nederland
• Daniel Franklin Rhoads (58), Monroe County, Iowa, United States of America
• Berend Vrielink (48), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• de Bruin (0), Haaften West Betuwe (GL)
• Anastasia Van Tongel (76), Herenthout, België
• Catharina Stibbe (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jans Vrielink (48), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1924 » Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum († 2009)
• 1925 » Russell Baker, American critic and essayist († 2019)
• 1926 » Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist († 2017)
• 1926 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator († 1977)
• 1928 » Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1929 » Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer († 1971)
• 1929 » Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster († 2005)
• 1929 » Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral († 2013)
• 1930 » Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1931 » Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter

• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (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.
• 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).
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• 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 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
• 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 August 14, 1928 was between 12.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.