About the day » Friday February 24, 1928Calender converter

• Apolonia Hans, Pernis († 2005)
• Antonius Smekens, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Albert de Vries, Hardenberg († 1982)
• Annie Johanna Bersma, Hazerswoude († 2013)
• Aldegonda Henriette (Gon) Verheijden, 's-Gravenhage († 2001)
• Anne Huisman, Suameer († 2003)
• Bernhard Bornhorst, Suttrup, Emsland, Deutschland († 1998)
• Anna Catharina Robertson, Emmerik, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2016)
• Alida Adriana Veenvliet, Maarn († 1994)
• Antonius Smekens, Ginneken en Bavel († 2009)

• Anna Geertruida Schut (61), Bemmel, Lingewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Burns (78), Bradshaw, Giles, Tennessee, United States
• PRIGGE (31)
• Aart van Dalen (65), Papendrecht
• Andries Heines Timmerman (94), Munnekeburen, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Vaan (28), Vlijmen
• Adrianus de Jong (74), Berlicum
• Anna Maria Mathildis Govaerts (50), Oostduinkerke
• Beatina Maria Wittebrood (0), Egmond-Binnen
• (l.l.) Steenvoort (0), Emst

• 1924 » Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada († 2008)
• 1924 » Hal Herring, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1925 » Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1927 » Emmanuelle Riva, French actress († 2017)
• 1929 » Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler († 2006)
• 1930 » Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress († 2013)
• 1931 » Brian Close, English cricketer and coach († 2015)
• 1931 » Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
• 1932 » Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 2019)
• 1932 » Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia († 2018)

• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)

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.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• 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.

The temperature on February 24, 1928 was between -1.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.