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May 25, 1928Born on Saturday May 26, 1928
- Alida Wilhelmina Lavertu, Amsterdam († 2001)
- Anna Maria Catharina van Lin, Rotterdam († 2013)
- David Donald Thaler Dr, New York, United States († 1995)
- Cecilia Veronica WALTERS, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia († 2009)
- Cornelia Maria Alsemgeest, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
- Catharina Cornelia Melse, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, NL († 2017)
- Cornelia Verhaaf, Batavia († 1975)
- Cornelis (cees) Tol, Volendam († 2010)
- Agnes Johanna Maria BERNDSEN, Mheer, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)
- A.C. Kouwenhoven († 2012)
Died on Saturday May 26, 1928
- Ann CAMPBELL (87), Frankston, Victoria, Australia
- Abraham Frankel (76), Singapore
- Adèle Constance Martherus (64), Batavia,Indonesië
- BERENDINA VAN DER DUSSEN (52), HAARLEM
- Berent Ellen (110), Ronde Blesse
- Antonie van de Sande (91), Boxtel
- Albertus Nijland (75), Noord Berghuizen, Losser
- Alfred Ernest H Pamenter (37), Queensland, Australia
- Aart Bogerd (43), Leerdam /Vijfheerenlande Utrecht Nederland
- Bernhard Aloys Schulze Wartenhorst, Freckenhorst
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 26, 1928 at Delpher
Born on May 26
- 1925 » Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress († 2013)
- 1926 » Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 1991)
- 1927 » Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman († 2014)
- 1928 » Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist († 2011)
- 1929 » Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress († 1998)
- 1929 » Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer
- 1929 » Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer († 2008)
- 1929 » J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic († 2014)
- 1929 » John Jackson, English lawyer and businessman
- 1930 » Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic († 2005)
Died on May 26
- 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
- 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
- 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
- 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
- 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
- 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
- 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
- 1943 » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
- 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
- 1944 » Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
Names that were popular for boys in 1928
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Petrus
- Willem
- Gerardus
- Antonius
- Jacobus
- Maria
- Wilhelmus
- Pieter
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Franciscus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1928
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Theresia
- Jacoba
- Marie
- Helena
- Margaretha
- 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.
- January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
- May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
- July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
- October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
- November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
- 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 weather on Saturday May 26, 1928
The temperature on May 26, 1928 was between 4.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI