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• Alexandre HONHON, Glaaien (Luik) (B) († 1967)
• Aaltje van Velsen, Heerde, Nederland († 1994)
• Abraham Bosma, Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1973)
• Adrianus Pieter Buchinhoren, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Georg Müller, Jena (Thüringen) († 1978)
• Anna van Dusseldorp, Otley, Marion County, Iowa († 2007)
• ALEXANDER JOSEPHUS SCHOLTEN, LUTTEN
• Andre Hybertus Maria Canjels, Vierlingsbeek,Netherlands († 1990)
• Akke Melcherts, Hemelum, Nederland († 1990)
• Aart Daniël van Hal, Deil († 1983)

• Aletta Catharina PRETORIUS (63), Nooitgedacht, Lichtenburg
• Adriana Wijnands (49), wateringen (zuid holland)
• Alida van Helden (53), sloten
• Anna Maria Behme (60)
• Anna Huijzer (23), Rotterdam
• Albert Gorter (81), Venhuizen
• Antonie Schiltmans (73), Tiel
• Adriana Wijnands (49), Wateringen, Nederland
• Albert Fokkesz Gorter (81), Venhuizen
• Antonie Bloks (75), Tongelre

• 1906 » Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada († 1997)
• 1908 » Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond († 1964)
• 1908 » Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2005)
• 1909 » Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player († 2005)
• 1910 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg († 1987)
• 1910 » Rachel Kempson, English actress († 2003)
• 1910 » T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1975)
• 1911 » Bob Crisp, South African cricketer († 1994)
• 1911 » Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright († 1986)
• 1911 » Thora Hird, English actress († 2003)

• 1864 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
• 1878 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on May 28, 1908 was between 10.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.