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Born on Sunday April 1, 1928
Died on Sunday April 1, 1928

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 1, 1928 at Delpher


Born on April 1
  • 1926 » Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author († 2011)
  • 1927 » Amos Milburn, American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist († 1980)
  • 1927 » Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2006)
  • 1927 » Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager († 2018)
  • 1929 » Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 1929 » Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
  • 1929 » Milan Kundera, Czech-born novelist, poet, and playwright
  • 1929 » Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director († 2010)
  • 1930 » Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer († 2015)
  • 1931 » George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter († 2011)

Died on April 1

Names that were popular for boys in 1928
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Petrus
  6. Willem
  7. Gerardus
  8. Antonius
  9. Jacobus
  10. Maria
  11. Wilhelmus
  12. Pieter
  13. Adrianus
  14. Gerrit
  15. Franciscus
  16. Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1928
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Cornelia
  4. Anna
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Adriana
  8. Catharina
  9. Hendrika
  10. Petronella
  11. Theresia
  12. Jacoba
  13. Marie
  14. Helena
  15. Margaretha
  16. Antonia

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1928
  • 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.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
The weather on Sunday April 1, 1928
The temperature on April 1, 1928 was between 3.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.

Source: KNMI