About the day » Thursday March 1, 1928Calender converter

• Dominicus Roos, Den Haag († 2010)
• Calvin John Kadous, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2015)
• Christina Maria Theresia Stoop, Utrecht († 1940)
• Abramina Cornelia Voskuil, Sabang, Sumatra, Indonesië
• Donaid G. Parman, Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States († 2012)
• Cornelis Kaldenbach, Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands († 1998)
• Anna Maria Keupers, Hasselt, België († 1928)
• Akke Offringa, St. Annaparochie († 2014)
• Adrianus Gregorius Marie van Amelsvoort, 's-Gravenhage († 1984)
• Aaltje Kist, Steenwijk († 1928)

• Adrianus Petrus Alsemgeest (28), Den Haag
• Annigje Davelaar (63), Maartensdijk
• Aaltje Volgers (82), Enkhuizen
• Anthonie van Maanen (52), Utrecht
• Berendje Bremer (68), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (79), Heerenveen
• Barbara Maria Sijben (2), Weert
• Alida de Vos (47), Zuid Eschmarke (Lonneker)
• Anna Durks Zalmstra (75), Bolsward
• Adrianus Schuurbiers (79), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1926 » Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2013)
• 1926 » Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor († 1992)
• 1926 » Pete Rozelle, American businessman and commissioner of the National Football League († 1996)
• 1926 » Robert Clary, French-American actor and author
• 1927 » George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor at UCLA, science popularizer, and skeptic († 1983)
• 1927 » Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1927 » Robert Bork, American lawyer and scholar, United States Attorney General († 2012)
• 1928 » Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic († 2016)
• 1929 » Georgi Markov, Bulgarian journalist and author († 1978)
• 1930 » Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist († 1980)

• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)

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.
• April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• 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 March 1, 1928 was between 4.9 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.