About the day » Friday May 28, 1976Calender converter

• Rosemaria Johanna van Aken, Noordwijkerhout
• Remco Boer
• Albert Jan Santing, Sellingen
• Dustin Jon Franken († 1983)

• Christianus Rombouts (63), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes van Alem (25), Marl (D), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Arthur Butler Bacon (78), Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adolf Beekhof (73)
• Charles Ernest Karpt (42), Vernon, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Diena Ufkes (70)
• Arnoldus C. Brakenhof (80), Alkmaar, N Holl, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes PLAK (62), Harenkarspel
• Daisy Russ (91), Whiteville, Columbus County, North Carolina
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Terburg (71), Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1973 » Marco Paulo Faria Lemos, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1974 » Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer
• 1974 » Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
• 1975 » Maura Johnston, American journalist, critic, and academic
• 1976 » Glenn Morrison, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1976 » Roberto Goretti, Italian footballer
• 1976 » Steven Bell, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 » Zaza Enden, Georgian-Turkish wrestler, basketball player, and coach
• 1977 » Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
• 1978 » Jake Johnson, American actor

• 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)
• 1980 » Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
• 1982 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Bart
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• January 5 » The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
• April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
• May 6 » The 6.5 M_w  Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.
• September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.
• October 6 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
• November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.

The temperature on May 28, 1976 was between 8.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.