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• Elmer Davis Musgrave, Highland Park, Lake, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Elisabeth van Riemsdijk († 2002)
• Anton Theodoor Peter (Theo) Planken, Hoensbroek Heerlen Limburg Nederland († 2005)
• Groenendaal, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Klein, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1998)
• Berl Duane Olesen, Hurley, Turner County, South Dakota († 2006)
• Duane Milo (Duke) Beukema, Grand Rapids (Kent), Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Anton Theodoor Peter Planken, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 2020)
• Elly MEIBOOM, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1942)
• A.G. van Dijk, Zevenbergen († 2005)

• Cornelis Stevens (0), Hoogeveen
• Bjintze Sietzes Jelsma (88), Schoterland
• Antje Jaspers Minnema (84), Oosternijkerk, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Asberry Teague (79), Reed Springs Stone, Missouri, United States
• Bjintje Sytsesz Jelsma (88), Oudeschoot, schoterland.fr.nld
• Anna Catharina Bisschop (82), Wedderveen, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Jaspers Minnema (84), Oosternijkerk
• Arnold Adolphus Bell (27), Pigeon Lk., Scott Twp., Steuben Co., IN
• Anna Neeft (47), Krommenie
• Arie Hoogerwerf (83), Den Helder

• 1925 » John Henry Marks, English physician and author
• 1926 » Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) († 2015)
• 1927 » Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1993)
• 1927 » Clint Walker, American actor and singer († 2018)
• 1927 » Joan Birman, American mathematician
• 1928 » Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1928 » Pro Hart, Australian painter († 2006)
• 1929 » Georges Gilson, French archbishop
• 1930 » Mark Birley, English businessman, founded Annabel's († 2007)
• 1930 » Robert Ryman, American painter († 2019)

• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 1947 » Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (b. 1880)

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.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• 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 30, 1928 was between 11.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.