About the day » Wednesday October 31, 1928Calender converter

• Adolfo Joaquim Machado, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1992)
• Baukje Fokje Breedenbeek, den Helder, prov. Noord Holland († 2018)
• Annigje (Annie) Verweij, Leerdam († 1993)
• Elizabeth van Ooijen († 2015)
• Daniel Conway Dagit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Benjamin Raymond Veldkamp, Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa († 2012)
• Billie C. Potter, Elgin, Chautauqua County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Ansfried Jacob Gerard Marie (Bob) Wajon, Slochteren, Nederland († 2011)
• Gerardus Wilhelmus Collaris, Schimmert († 1991)
• Albert Hindriks, Heemserveen († 1929)

• Charles Alexander Bonner (75), Freestone County, Texas
• Elizabeth "Betty" Conger (44), Norman Park, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States of America
• Albert Darlington Walker (69), St. Ann, Jamaica
• Aafke Dijkstra (74), leeuwarden
• Adriana Neeltje Hokke (32), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Daniel Polet (63), hardegarijp
• Anthonius van Vulpen (67), Hoogland
• Emma Hollanders de Ouderaen (77), Brussel
• Anne Maria Wenban (77), Garra, NSW, AU
• Edward Theodore Cooley (79), New Augusta, Perry, Mississippi, United States

• 1925 » John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1925 » Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author († 1990)
• 1925 » Robert B. Rheault, American colonel († 2013)
• 1926 » Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host († 2011)
• 1928 » Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator († 2012)
• 1929 » Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1929 » William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist († 2014)
• 1930 » Booker Ervin, American saxophonist († 1970)
• 1930 » Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1931 » Dan Rather, American journalist

• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)

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.
• 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 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.

The temperature on October 31, 1928 was between 6.7 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.