About the day » Friday June 8, 1928Calender converter

• Clara Johanna Wilhelmina Blom († 1928)
• Christina Tineke la CROIX, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Cornelis Gerardus Sijm, Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Christina (Tineke) La Croix, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Arlene Lorraine Tornes, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota († 2016)
• Cornelis van Vegten, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Carola Maria Ramb, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Christiana (Tineke) La Croix, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Alice Tant, IN († 1947)
• Celien Pais, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Aafke Hoeksema (3), Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• ? Companje (0), Rotterdam
• Andrew Jackson Hill (84), Surry Co, North Carolina
• Arnoldus Hubertus Jaspers (70), Amsterdam
• Antonetta Ida Maria Selen (40), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Alberdina Annechiena de Groot (20), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida de Bruijn (57), Papendrecht
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Gosselink (45), Silvolde
• Cornelius Meine Janssen (28), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Cornelia den Breejen (67), Gorinchem

• 1924 » Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2013)
• 1924 » Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic († 2013)
• 1925 » Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States († 2018)
• 1927 » Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer († 2020)
• 1929 » Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author († 2013)
• 1930 » Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1993)
• 1930 » Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 » Dana Wynter, British actress († 2011)
• 1931 » James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1932 » Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster

• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)

• 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").
• 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).
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on June 8, 1928 was between 10.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.