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• Johannes Cornelius Manders, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1970)
• Annie Peeters, Weert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Caroliena Loesje Irene Baar, Tjinahi N.O.I († 2009)
• IJde Johannes Cornelis Oldenhof, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Johanna Francina Schaap († 2023)
• Jacobus Wilhelmus van der Aar, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Harold Lester Buseman, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa († 2020)
• Dirk van de Vuurst, Bunschoten († 1941)
• Eleonora (Nora) Uuldriks, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2017)
• Cecilia Nales, Bochelt († 2015)

• Cecile Louise Carolina Jeanette de BIJE (79), Amersfoort (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Aurelie Julie Buyse (68), Antwerpen
• Carinus Petrus Cornelis Lavrijsen (1), Reusel
• Barthlomeus Vries, De (64), Arnhem
• Anna Elizabeth van Beek (77), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Heesbeen (90), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Margaretha Jansen (83), Quincy
• Beert Lokhorst (73), Zwolle, Overijssel, NL
• Albertina Elisabeth Bosma (68), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Beert Lokhorst (73), Zwolle, Nederland

• 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
• 1944 » Faith Brown, English actress and singer
• 1944 » Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1944 » Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City

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

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

• 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
• May 5 » Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
• July 31 » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
• September 4 » World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USSGreer.
• September 28 » Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
• October 4 » Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
• October 22 » World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.

The temperature on May 28, 1941 was between 9.5 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.