About the day » Monday August 6, 1928Calender converter

• Cornelia Clazina HONCOOP, Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Antoinette Martine Izarin, Rotterdam († 1993)
• Eduard Leonard Krijgsman, Madioen
• Adrianus Stoop, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1999)
• Aartje Van Donselaar († 1983)
• Adrianus Johannes Koremans, Fijnaart en Heijningen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Alfons Jozef Claessens († 1928)
• Alida Theodora van der Voet, Noordwijkerhout († 2015)
• Franciscus Theodorus SMEENK, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Dirk Zwaagstra, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1979)

• Cornelis Adrianus Pijnenburg (44), Haaren, Gemeente Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie van Otterloo (39), Arnhem
• Gerritsen (0), Dieren
• Bernardus de Roode (75), Heemskerk
• Arendina Kornelia van West (82), Breda
• Erastus Truman Winter (76), Brown City, Sanilac, Michigan, United States
• Bernardus Buurman (13), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Florentine Thummel (29), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Franken (0), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Adrianus Pijnenborg (Peijnenborch) (44), Haaren, NB, Nederland

• 1926 » Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager († 2007)
• 1926 » Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author († 2010)
• 1926 » Frank Finlay, English actor († 2016)
• 1926 » János Rózsás, Hungarian author († 2012)
• 1926 » Norman Wexler, American screenwriter († 1999)
• 1928 » Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer († 1987)
• 1928 » Herb Moford, American baseball player († 2005)
• 1929 » Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist
• 1929 » Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works († 2007)
• 1930 » Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress († 2010)

• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
• 1946 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)

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 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 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

The temperature on August 6, 1928 was between 5.7 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.