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• G.M.J. (Jef) Mullenders, Meerssen († 1988)
• NN Vreuls, Geleen, Sittard-Geleen († 1942)
• Bertha Jagt, Emmmen († 1964)
• Francis Bernadina Poort, Amsterdam
• Dirk van Zadel, Velsen († 1942)
• mathijs johannes (jeu) teeuwen, helden-dorp
• Kindje Visser, Molkwerum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• Ina van Frank, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Jelte Anskes Agema († 1979)
• Carol Krijn Parlevliet († 2002)

• Anthonia van Dijk (70), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend ESHUIS (81), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Marinus Kamerman (80), Haarlemmermeer
• Antonia Gerdina van de Scheur (57), Rhenen
• Antonia Gerdina van de Scheur (58), Rhenen
• (..kus) Marcus Lowenthal (66), Saxony, SaxonhausenCC
• Abram Szejnik (57), Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
• alida Westmaas (85), den haag
• Allen Augustus Body (58)
• Arens Cornelis Bakker (60), Op zee

• 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
• 1943 » Terry Crisp, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1944 » Faith Brown, English actress and singer
• 1944 » Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1944 » Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1944 » Rita MacNeil, Canadian singer and actress († 2013)
• 1944 » Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• January 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
• February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
• June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
• August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
• September 21 » The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
• December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

The temperature on May 28, 1942 was between 11.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.