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• August Alfons Bourbon († 1974)
• Astrid Maria DEFREYNE, Aartrijke († 2014)
• Dirk (Dick) Leenheer, Koudekerk aan den Rijn († 1999)
• Charles Louis Smallenburg, 's-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Andrew S "Andy" Hampton, Mason, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Davina Gerdina de Vree, Scherpenzeel († 2016)
• Arend Obbo Zeemering († 1991)
• Anna Bijl († 2012)
• Antonio Barberini, Osimo, Italie († 2005)
• Benedict Leigh Hoskyns 16th Bart, MB, BChir, D.Obst, RCOG, 11, Millington Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England († 2010)

• Aart Pippel (85), Kerkwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Langeloo (65), Assen
• Adrianus Martinus Hoogendam (55), Delft
• Adrian Westerbeke (75), Lima Township, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin
• Amélia da Silveira Leite (71), Matão, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltje Vlodder (84), De Marke (Losser)
• Aaltje de Waal (86), Soest
• Abraham Burck du (79), Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonius (Toon) Holleman (88), Amsterdam
• Adrienne Adam (60), Arçonnay, Sarthe, France

• 1925 » Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author († 2008)
• 1927 » Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist († 1996)
• 1928 » Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator
• 1930 » Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator († 2010)
• 1930 » John Barth, American novelist and short story writer
• 1930 » William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 1931 » André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist († 1986)
• 1931 » Bernard Fresson, French actor († 2002)
• 1931 » Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer († 2015)
• 1931 » John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar

• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)

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

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

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
• November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

The temperature on May 27, 1928 was between 7.3 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.