About the day » Thursday November 8, 1928Calender converter

• Adriana Mulder, Rotterdam (NL) († 1992)
• Dirk Cornelis Bakelaar, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Charles, Willem, Anna Helsloot, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Betje van Leeuwen († 1987)
• Derk Egberts († 2004)
• Alfred Vaes, Zonhoven, België († 2003)
• Dirk Krijnen, Oudeschild († 2004)
• Dirk Krijnen, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 2004)
• Dirk Valk († 2008)
• Catharina Johanna Veen, Dokkum († 2001)

• Betje van Rijs (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bregtje Krol (82), De Wilp, Marum
• Aaltje Punt (0), IJsselmonde
• Adriana Anthonetta Bendegom van (65), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Vorst (81), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Adriaan van der Vorst (81), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Anna Maria Somers (91), Voerendaal, Nederland
• Adriana Anthonetta van BENDEGOM (65), Tholen
• Carel Pieter De Haseth (46), Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia van der Vliet (68), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1926 » Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist
• 1927 » Chris Connor, American singer († 2009)
• 1927 » Ken Dodd, English singer / comedian († 2018)
• 1927 » L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India
• 1927 » Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam († 2013)
• 1927 » Patti Page, American singer and actress († 2013)
• 1928 » Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia († 2004)
• 1929 » António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher and academic
• 1929 » Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach
• 1931 » Jim Redman, English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer

• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)

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.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• 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.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• 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 8, 1928 was between 2.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.