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• Doodgeboren kind Slob, Den Haag († 1938)
• Henk Gerritsen († 1966)
• Aleida Hillegonda van de Berg, Urk († 2021)
• Frank Minert Oldenburger, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa († 2006)
• Fokke Hilferink, Groenlo († 2010)
• Aaltje Koetje, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 2023)
• Aagje de Bruin, Giessendam († 2011)
• Jan Smalbil, Groningen († 1997)
• Antonius Brozius († 2002)
• Emmelene \ Emmeline Carol Bakker, Hammond, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2004)

• Bernard ter Maat (83), Varsseveld (Wisch)
• Annetta Wilhelmina van Heun (53), Amsterdam
• Asselina Essina JOLING (65), Groningen Netherlands
• Constant Elst (36)
• Annetta Wilhelmina Heun, VAN (53), Amsterdam
• Adriana Groenheide (58), Delft
• Anna de Zeeuw (42), Heemskerk
• Anna Alexandrina Elisabeth Pranger (68), Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Verwaaijen (43), Nijmegen
• Cornelia Jager (0), Winschoten

• 1933 » John Karlen, American actor († 2020)
• 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)
• 1942 » Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 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)
• 1971 » Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Jacoba
14. Helena
15. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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 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.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on May 28, 1938 was between 9.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.