About the day » Monday October 8, 1928Calender converter

• Aria Angenieta de Winter († 1985)
• Anna Christina Elizabeth (Ansie) "Ansie" Pietersen Dreyer, Makwassie, Southern DC, North West, South Africa († 2002)
• Bernarda Gerharda Maria Westendorp, Haaksbergen († 2014)
• Cornelia Berg van den, Genemuiden († 2009)
• Casper Joseph Pete BONDY, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Aagje (Ans) Oudshoorn, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Lubout, 's Gravenhage († 2020)
• Catherine Gladys Baron, Missoula (Missoula County) (Montana) († 2012)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Plasmeijer, Voorhout († 2013)
• Dale Owen Dallegge († 1955)

• Anna Catharina Boot (62), Heemstede
• Aaltien Groninger (72), Havelte, Westerveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Wijnhoff (82), Gouda
• Antje Harmens Krikken (87), Tijnje, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Harmens Krikke (Krikken) (87), Tijnje
• Sanderman (0), Dinxperlo
• Antonius (Teunis) Beentjes (76), Heemskerk, Nederland
• Albert Sluiter (74), Eefde
• Antonius Beentjes (76), Heemkerk
• Albert Houser (76)

• 1926 » Raaj Kumar, Pakistani-Indian police officer and actor († 1996)
• 1927 » César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1927 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator († 1956)
• 1928 » Bill Maynard, English actor († 2018)
• 1928 » Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2001)
• 1928 » M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader
• 1928 » Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
• 1929 » Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1930 » Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer († 2013)
• 1930 » Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer († 1986)

• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

• 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.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• 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 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.

The temperature on October 8, 1928 was between 8.5 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.