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• Gerrit Berg van den, Enschede († 2015)
• Dick Struijk († 1981)
• Dirk Struijk, Rotterdam († 1981)
• Jan Olthuis, Rotterdam († 1956)
• Dera D McKenzie, Pike County, Mississippi, United States of America († 2019)
• Gerarda Alice Hasevoets, Hasselt, België († 2016)
• Gerrit Flim, Ambt Hardenberg († 1989)
• Henk Sonnega, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Grietje Mars, Middelstum Gem. Loppersum († 1937)
• Elisabeth Johanna van Dassen, Borculo (GD)

• Adriana Hendrika Dingena Oerlemans (43), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Amandus Steppe (81), Oultre
• Antonius Johannes Franciscus Beuger (53), Brielle
• Antonia Vosters (73), Little Chute, Outagamie Co. Wisconsin
• Adriana Hendrika Dingena Oerlemans (43), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus van den Heuij (66), Haps
• Abraham van Assen (92), Sommelsdijk
• Aletta Catharina Johanna Rossouw (0)
• Albertus Jurgens (67), Ekeren-donk (Antwerpen)
• Bartholomeus Leendertsz. Mastenbroek (75), Delft

• 1933 » John Karlen, American actor († 2020)
• 1933 » Zelda Rubinstein, American actress and activist († 2010)
• 1936 » Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist († 1997)
• 1936 » Claude Forget, Canadian academic and politician
• 1936 » Ole K. Sara, Norwegian politician († 2013)
• 1938 » Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive
• 1939 » Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist († 2012)
• 1940 » David William Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London
• 1940 » Shlomo Riskin, American rabbi and academic, founded the Lincoln Square Synagogue
• 1941 » Beth Howland, American actress and singer († 2015)

• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 1947 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
• 1968 » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Gerardus
14. Hendrikus
15. Antonius
16. Franciscus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Hendrika
10. Catharina
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Alida
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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
• May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
• July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

The temperature on May 28, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.