About the day » Thursday July 5, 1928Calender converter

• Cornelia van Luik, Rotterdam († 1957)
• Dieuwke de Bruin, Harlingen († 2014)
• Charlotte Davis, Mount Carroll Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Dorothy Eve Mc Glothlin, Jewell Ridge, Tazewell, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Nobbe, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1928)
• Adriana Petronella Jongenelen, roosendaal († 1969)
• Anthony Simpson Taylor Clegg, Paisley Scotland († 2002)
• Cora Lee Metros, Herrin, Williamson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Eite de Vries, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Carl Henry DuMez († 2006)

• Adrianus van der Knoop (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus van de Pol (61), Goirle 5053, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Samwel (50), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Haaren (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Christina van der Werff (30), Dordrecht
• Anna Jancigaj (12), Brooklyn, Kings, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Nobbe (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Knoop ( Knaap ) (76), 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Adrianus den Hoed (88), Barendrecht
• Adrianus den Hoed (88), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht

• 1925 » Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian painter and sculptor († 2017)
• 1926 » Diana Lynn, American actress († 1971)
• 1928 » Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France († 2013)
• 1928 » Warren Oates, American actor († 1982)
• 1929 » Chikao Ohtsuka, Japanese voice actor († 2015)
• 1929 » Jiří Reynek, Czech poet and graphic artist († 2014)
• 1929 » Jimmy Carruthers, Australian boxer († 1990)
• 1929 » Jovan Rašković, Serbian psychiatrist, academic, and politician († 1992)
• 1929 » Katherine Helmond, American actress and director († 2019)
• 1929 » Tony Lock, English cricketer († 1995)

• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)

• 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 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

The temperature on July 5, 1928 was between 8.4 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.