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• Cornelius Harlan Kannegieter, Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa († 1998)
• Cornelis Jacobus Bakker, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1986)
• Cornelis Martinus Halff, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Bertha De Beule, Zele, Belgie († 2007)
• Charles Louis Smallenburg, 's-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Dingena Aantje Schipper, Yerseke († 1993)
• Antje (Annie) Nicola, Tuk († 2006)
• Benjamin Randall Hart, Jackson County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina van den Hul († 2000)
• Betje Uittenbogaard, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)

• Adranus Martinus Hoogendam (55)
• Evert Everts (30), Hollandscheveld
• Adriana Arina Schram de Jong (57), Delft
• Aart Pippel (85), (GL) Kerwijk
• Aldert Ebbinge (77), Peize, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Juliana Haselroth (79), Blaricum, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arend Post (82), Hasselt
• Arets (0), Kerkrade
• Antonie Westenberg (70), Meppel
• Arend Post (82), hasselt

• 1925 » Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author († 2008)
• 1927 » Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist († 1996)
• 1928 » Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator
• 1930 » Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator († 2010)
• 1930 » John Barth, American novelist and short story writer
• 1930 » William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 1931 » André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist († 1986)
• 1931 » Bernard Fresson, French actor († 2002)
• 1931 » Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer († 2015)
• 1931 » John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar

• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)

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.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on May 27, 1928 was between 7.3 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.