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• N.N. Smolders, Tilburg († 1958)
• Jean Baptist Stout († 2010)
• Mary Bridget White, Kildare (Ierland) († 2008)
• Marcel Stolk, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2022)
• Johannes Hermanus Gerardus Harmelink, Almelo († 1959)
• Karoline Margreet van Goor
• James H Lockamy III († 1973)
• Reinier Cornelis (Reinier) La Vergé, Beesd († 2007)
• Jannetje (Jannie) de Groot, Harderwijk († 2009)
• Carla Springer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)

• Arthur Fredrick PREUSCH III (0), St Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Annie Mary Brown (70), Nason Hospital, Roaring Spring, Blair County, Pennsylvania
• Antoinetta Maria Munckhof, van den (96), Venray
• Antonetta van den Munckhof (96), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Bram Griffioen (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josepha van Erven (71), Tilburg
• Christine Maria Christina van Raaphorst (73), Haarlem
• Anna Paulina Nuijten (77), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Danker (84), Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonie Johannes van den Boogert (84), Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten

• 1956 » Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor and producer
• 1956 » Steve Whiteman, American singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Ai Weiwei, Chinese sculptor and activist
• 1957 » Daniel Stern, American actor and director
• 1957 » Greg Clark, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1957 » Ivo Josipović, Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rd President of Croatia
• 1958 » Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
• 1959 » Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Cliff Benson, American football player
• 1961 » Kim Appleby, English singer-songwriter and actress

• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976 » Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Willem
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. John
13. Johan
14. David
15. Michael
16. Hans

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Ingrid
14. Linda
15. Elizabeth
16. Hendrika

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
• April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
• April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
• August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)

The temperature on August 28, 1958 was between 14.1 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.