About the day » Thursday December 20, 1928Calender converter

• Evalyn Lucille Eldred, McClain, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1928)
• André Catrysse, Oostende († 1994)
• Cornelis Hiersteiner, Batavia († 1974)
• Bregtje Cornelia Reinders Nijp, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Betty Ann Cimmers, Dumont, Butler County, Iowa († 2022)
• Eduard Johann KOHLERT, Teplitz,Aussiger Region,NORDWESTEN,TSCHECHIEN († 2013)
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• Belah Hanna van Engel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Doris Janet Lamb, Illinois, United States († 1980)
• Anna Alida Mijnster, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2005)

• Andrew Jackson "Andy" Drake (72), Henderson, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Hendrik Stevens (42), Westerbork
• Alida de Groot (86), Amsterdam
• albertus petrus antonius marie beguin (62), amsterdam
• Cecilia Minnie Rickus (50), Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia
• Alberta Johanna van Zee (64), Apeldoorn,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annigje SNIJDERS (75)
• Albertus Petrus Antonius Maria Beguin (62), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Aaltien Klaassens (71), Foxwolde (Roden)
• Alberta Johanna van Zee (64), Beekbergen,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1924 » Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian († 2011)
• 1924 » Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada († 1980)
• 1925 » Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer († 2007)
• 1926 » Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2015)
• 1926 » Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics († 2009)
• 1927 » Jim Simpson, American sportscaster († 2016)
• 1927 » Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea († 2015)
• 1927 » Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician († 2016)
• 1931 » Mala Powers, American actress († 2007)
• 1932 » John Hillerman, American actor († 2017)

• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 » Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)

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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

The temperature on December 20, 1928 was between -0.6 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.