About the day » Sunday May 28, 1961Calender converter

• johannes petrus maria (johan) maessen, tegelen
• Olaf Gustke, Berlin, Deutschland († 2023)
• Sophia de Haas, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Maria Boissevain, Malta
• Ronald Richard Challenor, Orange, New South Wales, Australia († 2002)
• Jaklien Brans († 1968)
• Anita Maria Wilhelmina Pierre, Sint-Truiden, België († 1961)
• Astrid van Baare, Hilversum († 1961)
• Wilhelmus Johannes Reinardus (Wim) van Wel, Callantsoog, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Rebecca Helena Sofia Dreise († 2020)

• Adriaan Verhoeven (86), Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Stehouwer (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Aaltje Hanses Hoekstra (72), Harkema-Opeinde
• Cornelis Johannes van den Berg (84), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Astrid van Baare (0), Hilversum
• Arie Krijnen Goedendorp (68), Rotterdam
• Elise Arnolda Hansdatter Kristiansen (68), Narvik, Nordland, Norge
• Abraham Leutscher (76), Zuidhorn
• Cornelia van der GAAG (75), Amsterdam
• Antje Houtman (78)

• 1957 » Colin Barnes, English footballer
• 1957 » Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 » Risto Mannisenmäki, Finnish racing driver
• 1960 » Mark Sanford, American military veteran (USAF) and politician, 115th Governor of South Carolina
• 1960 » Mary Portas, English journalist and author
• 1963 » Houman Younessi, Australian-American biologist and academic
• 1964 » Armen Gilliam, American basketball player and coach († 2011)
• 1964 » Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer and trainer
• 1964 » Phil Vassar, American singer-songwriter
• 1964 » Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipino singer and actress

• 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)
• 1972 » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
• 1976 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (b. 1914)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Catharina
7. Yvonne
8. Karin
9. Jacqueline
10. Wilhelmina
11. Ingrid
12. Monique
13. Adriana
14. Petronella
15. Marianne
16. Anita

• 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
• February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
• May 21 » American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
• July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
• November 18 » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
• December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

The temperature on May 28, 1961 was between -0.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.