About the day » Wednesday June 6, 1928Calender converter

• Adrianus Cornelis van Soerland († 1999)
• Anna Sibilla Pieters, Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands († 1928)
• Cecil Paul van der Weil († 2015)
• Alexander Lambertus van Leur, Maastricht († 1945)
• Els Vroom, Heerlen († 1995)
• Bastiaan Vooys († 1969)
• Engelina Lentink, Dieren (Gem. Rheden) († 2011)
• Elly Lentink († 2011)
• Dean Henry Morley († 1995)
• Elisabeth J.J. Vroom, Heerlen († 1995)

• Anton Kruft (44), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Werkhoven (73), IJsselstein
• Aart Johan Theodore Jonker (76), Heerde (Apeldoorn), Gelderland, Nederland
• - den Hollander (0), Delft
• Alida Nematode Werkhoven (70), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands
• 'August' Louis MAES (64), Sint-Katelijne-Waver, 12035, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Alice SCHUT (32)
• Anna Gabina Langen (75), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Gebina Dreier (0), Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Gabina Langen (75), Roswinkel

• 1923 » V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1986)
• 1925 » Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation († 2013)
• 1925 » Maxine Kumin, American poet and author († 2014)
• 1926 » Erdal Inönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey († 2007)
• 1926 » Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor († 1998)
• 1926 » Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator († 2009)
• 1929 » Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician († 2005)
• 1930 » Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist († 2015)
• 1932 » Billie Whitelaw, English actress († 2014)
• 1932 » David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

• 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
• 1922 » Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
• 1924 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)

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.
• June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on June 6, 1928 was between 7.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.