About the day » Saturday May 28, 2005Calender converter

• A. M. (Tonny) Groote Wolthaar
• Anna Maria Fens (82), Kaatsheuvel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Arnoldus van der Salm (93), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Bezemer (79), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Christiaan Anders (48), Gouda
• Berendina Johanna Francisca Leemreize (64), Delden
• Earl Morgan Ireson Jr (76), Elverson, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Christina Susanna Schuitemaker (81)
• Dries Leander (77), Roosendaal
• Coral Gavin (65), Albury, New South Wales, Australia

• 1991 » Alexandre Lacazette, French footballer
• 1991 » Sharrif Floyd, American football player
• 1992 » Tom Carroll, English footballer
• 1993 » Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player
• 1993 » Daniel Alvaro, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » John Stones, English footballer
• 1994 » Son Yeon-jae, South Korean gymnast
• 1998 » Dahyun, South Korean singer
• 1999 » Cameron Boyce, American actor († 2019)
• 2000 » Phil Foden, English footballer

• 2002 » Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
• 2003 » Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
• 2003 » Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1933)
• 2004 » John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (b. 1979)
• 2004 » Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (b. 1920)
• 2007 » Jörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, and academic (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Agriculture (b. 1945)

1. Thomas
2. Tom
3. Daan
4. Thijs
5. Lucas
6. Milan
7. Bas
8. Daniel
9. Tim
10. Ian
11. Lars
12. Alexander
13. Niels
14. Max
15. Sem
16. Bram

1. Emma
2. Alexia
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Floor
6. Julia
7. Fleur
8. Kierstin
9. Iris
10. Isa
11. Nienke
12. Lisa
13. Eva
14. Femke
15. Anouk
16. Felicia

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• January 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
• February 22 » The 6.4 M_w  Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman Province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
• March 3 » Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006 where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
• April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
• October 8 » The 7.6 M_w  Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
• December 4 » Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.

The temperature on May 28, 2005 was between 12.1 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.