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• mathijs johannes (jeu) teeuwen, helden-dorp
• John D. Large († 1996)
• Alida Maria Suurland, Breda († 2000)
• Marinus Johannes Maria Emans, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Karl-Reiner Menger, Rodenroth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany († 1989)
• José Eduardo Alves Petroucic, Monte Alto, São Paulo, Brasil († 2013)
• Carol Krijn Parlevliet († 2002)
• Kathleen Marion Eastwood, Wirral, NB, Canada († 1959)
• Hendrik Speksnijder, Bergambacht († 1995)
• Albert Weistra († 1992)

• Allen Augustus Body (58)
• Adriana van Nijendaal (63), Utrecht
• Amalie Trox (80), Polschendorf, Stangenwalde, Sensburg
• Anna Maria HENDRICKX (82), Helden, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Westmaas (85), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Kappe (1), Groningen
• Arnoldus Rothuizen (90), Arnhem Gld. NL
• August Omer Thooft (58), Berchem-Oudenaarde, België
• Arnoldus Rothuizen (Rothuijs) (89), Arnhem
• Antonia van Dijk (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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 » Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1944 » Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1944 » Rita MacNeil, Canadian singer and actress († 2013)
• 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. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Robert
12. Adrianus
13. Jacob
14. Gerardus
15. Johan
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
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 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 9.0 million citizens.
• March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
• April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
• July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
• July 19 » World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
• November 10 » World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.

The temperature on May 28, 1942 was between 11.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.