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• Annie M. Sanders Lovelace [Bu], North Carolina († 1976)
• Bastiaan de Zeeuw (Zeeuw,de Seeuw,de Seeu), Rotterdam, Nederland († 2009)
• Bernardus Johannes Franciscus Arnoldus van Riel, Tilburg († 1984)
• Bertha Anna BERGHMANS († 2017)
• Catharina Helena Hippolyta van Rossum, Kamerik, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 2011)
• Catharina J. Post, Wamel († 2006)
• Aafje Maria Kikkert, Den Helder († 1986)
• Anna Maria Margaretha Peerbooms, Elsloo, Limburg, Netherlands († 2005)
• Alfina Matthijssen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Agatha Cornelia Glasbergen, Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)

• Andries Warnaar (23), Rotterdam
• Annigje Dijkstra (53), Leeuwarden
• Alida Langedijk (0), Enkhuizen
• Amelia Clementina Van Essche (84), Moorsel, Belgium
• Adriana Groenenberg (74), Vlissingen
• Catharina Dieleman (64), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis Schilder (29), Zuiderzee
• (Stillborn) JAGER (0), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Abraham Gerhard Vester (52), 's-Gravenhage
• Aleida Heuker of Hoek (83), Bornebroek (Borne)

• 1925 » Julian Beck, American actor and director († 1986)
• 1927 » James Eberle, English admiral († 2018)
• 1927 » Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker († 2017)
• 1928 » Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer († 2001)
• 1929 » Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer († 2014)
• 1930 » Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, musician, and producer
• 1931 » John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1931 » Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress († 2010)
• 1932 » Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer († 2012)
• 1932 » Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer († 1994)

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

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.
• January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
• January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
• 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.
• December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

The temperature on May 31, 1928 was between 10.5 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.