About the day » Wednesday May 16, 1928Calender converter

• Arij Scheffer, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Berend Bredewoud, Kampen († 1997)
• Adriaan Poot († 2003)
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Maria Horst van der, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Arnoldus van de Kaa († 2017)
• Carolus Mathias Johannes Maria Neijens, Ginneken en Bavel († 2004)
• Albert Drost, Harderwijk († 1928)
• "Eleonore" Marie Antonia Josefa Nepomucena Philippine von Goëss († 2004)
• Antonius Petrus Traets, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Anna Maria Gertrudis (Maria) Hansen, Henis, België († 1998)

• Anna Kaatje Hartman (0), Woudrichem, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antje Tjerks Dijkstra (82), Lollum
• Alida Kloos (83), Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Annigje van de Wetering (1), Diever, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Roozeboom (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Nauta (82), Leeuwarden
• Antje Dijkstra (82), Wonseradeel
• Alida de Zwart (77), Utrecht
• Adolf Friedrich August von Waldow (73), Sophienwalde
• Arie Hoofjes (16), Baarn

• 1925 » Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1925 » Nancy Roman, American astronomer († 2018)
• 1925 » Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist († 2012)
• 1928 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1929 » Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist († 2012)
• 1929 » Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1998)
• 1929 » Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician
• 1929 » John Conyers, American lawyer and politician († 2019)
• 1930 » Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1931 » Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager († 2014)

• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

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. Johan

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.
• January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
• 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 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.

The temperature on May 16, 1928 was between 1.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.