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• Adriana Gerda Maria Vervest, Eersel, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Arendje van der Bent, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Gezina Vette, Oosterbeek, Nederland († 2014)
• Evert Jan Aalders († 2001)
• Catharina Margaretha Schnieders, Emmer-compascuum († 2007)
• Ann Harris
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Posthuma, Kaapstad, Zuid-Afrika († 2003)
• Carol Anne Rauch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Elizabeth Maria van Halem, Leiden († 1997)
• Frans Jules Hermans, IJzeren,, Limburg, Nederland († 1962)

• Alfred CHAPMAN (79), Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
• Anna Elisabeth Lammen (59), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendje de Vries (50), Schiedam
• Christianus van Breugel (74), Boxtel
• Anthonia van den Burg (60), Noordwijk
• Antonius Bernardus Victor Wagemans (77), Ginneken en Bavel, Nederland
• Catharina Franzisca Jansen (67), Arnhem
• Adrianus Gerardus van Bavel (64), Chaam
• Martiena Kools (73), Eindhoven
• Antonius Relou (70), Helmond

• 1936 » Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist († 1997)
• 1936 » Claude Forget, Canadian academic and politician
• 1936 » Ole K. Sara, Norwegian politician († 2013)
• 1938 » Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive
• 1939 » Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist († 2012)
• 1940 » David William Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London
• 1940 » Shlomo Riskin, American rabbi and academic, founded the Lincoln Square Synagogue
• 1941 » Beth Howland, American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1942 » Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Terry Crisp, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 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)
• 1964 » Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
• 1968 » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Margaretha
14. Trijntje
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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
• April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

The temperature on May 28, 1939 was between 8.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.