About the day » Monday December 28, 2009Calender converter

• Adriana Godefrida van den Eerenbeemt (80), Someren
• Albert L Crane (75), Georgia, United States
• Arij van Rij (64), Rotterdam
• Berendina Mazenier (61), Emmen
• Anne Udding (86), Eext, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Maria (Tonnie) van iersel (91), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Geertruida de Waard (89), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barelina Pieters (96), Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Stoffers (82), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Fokje Osinga (91)

• 1984 » Duane Solomon, American runner
• 1984 » Martin Kaymer, German golfer
• 1985 » Kamani Hill, American soccer player
• 1986 » Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
• 1987 » Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
• 1989 » Salvador Sobral, Portuguese singer and Eurovision winner
• 1990 » Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 » Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
• 1990 » David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Adam Peaty, English swimmer

• 2006 » Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
• 2008 » Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Jimmy Sullivan, American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (b. 1981)
• 2010 » Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Mark Crispin, American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (b. 1956)
• 2012 » Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (b. 1980)
• 2013 » Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (b. 1913)
• 2013 » Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
• January 20 » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
• March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
• April 30 » Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• June 30 » Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
• December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

The temperature on December 28, 2009 was between -2.5 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.