About the day » Friday November 2, 1928Calender converter

• Donald Nicklos Goote, Grand Rapids, Michigan, US († 1974)
• Celestine Paulissen, Maastricht († 1997)
• Anna Catharina Becker, Mussel, Onstwedde († 1951)
• Berend Jan Vermeer, Kesteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2006)
• Adrianus jacobus Koorneef, Rotterdam († 1999)
• Ad Leuver
• Antonius Cornelis Prinsen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1983)
• Beverly Maxine Proud, La Habra, Orange County, California, VS († 2021)
• Antonia Pirovano, Wijk aan Zee en Duin († 2013)
• Annie Warmerdam, Anna Paulowna († 2002)

• Catharina van Oirschot (88), Tilburg
• Arie Prins (67), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Honing (83), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoon Heij (0), Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Wiebes van der Meer (44), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Agatha Jongbloed (72), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Hoven (71), Naaldwijk
• Adriana Jacoba Sonne (51), Poortugaal
• Derk Willem te Kulve (73), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Gregorius van Leeuwen (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1926 » Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ († 2008)
• 1926 » Myer Skoog, American basketball player († 2019)
• 1927 » John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician
• 1927 » Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator († 2018)
• 1928 » Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian († 2011)
• 1928 » Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author
• 1929 » Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation († 2013)
• 1929 » Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan
• 1929 » Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1929 » Robert Gover, American journalist and author († 2015)

• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
• 1911 » Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)
• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)

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.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• 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.
• 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 November 2, 1928 was between 6.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.