About the day » Sunday July 8, 1928Calender converter

• Cees van der Bruggen, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Carla Edmé Lievendag, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2004)
• Cavell Yivetta Boucher, Ashland, Wisconsin († 2019)
• Benoît 'Ben' Frederic Marie Cornelie DEFFONTAINE, Berchem (Antwerpen), 2600, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1996)
• Anna Johanna Reijntjens, Chaam († 2013)
• Aaltje Annigje van der Vaart, Millingen, Nederland († 2011)
• Bobby Earl Huckaby, Brock, Carter, Oklahoma († 1993)
• "Françoise" Marie O'Callaghan, Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire, France († 2010)
• Cornelis Hartendorp, Spaarndam († 1987)
• David Kostichka, Ahnapee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1985)

• Charles James McGuffie (16), Far Bank End, Warcop, Westmorland England age 16
• Cornelia Adriana Groenenboom (66), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert McPhail (80), Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
• David Easton Beach (52), the home of his brother, Iroquois, Dundas Co, ON
• David Willmont Bagley (71), Lacey, Thurston, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Klazes Hummel (83), Zevenhuizen
• Bastiaan Wijnen (77), Herpt en Bern
• Antonius Kolsteeg (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Augustus Pfanstiehl (72), Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.A
• Aaltje Hummel (83), Zevenhuizen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1925 » Marco Cé, Italian cardinal († 2014)
• 1926 » David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author († 2014)
• 1926 » Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author († 2004)
• 1926 » John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician († 2019)
• 1926 » Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender
• 1927 » Bob Beckham, American country singer († 2013)
• 1927 » Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader
• 1927 » Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician († 2017)
• 1928 » Balakh Sher Mazari, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1930 » Jerry Vale, American singer († 2014)

• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)

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.
• April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

The temperature on July 8, 1928 was between 5.1 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.