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• Jacob ROODVELDT, Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1943)
• Jorrit de Jong, Rijperkerk († 1946)
• Glen Arthur Blum, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 1977)
• Henny Pegels († 2003)
• Johannes Josephus Gerardus Van Gorp, Tilburg († 2021)
• Erika Opdebeeck, Ghent, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium († 2008)
• Aleidis Van Horenbeeck († 2020)
• Els (Ellie) Opdam († 2017)
• Marinus Gerrit Cornelis Kleijn, Asperen, Lingewaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)
• Antoon Hilferink, Groenlo († 1989)

• Antonie Mulders (69), Empel en Meerwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis DE VROOMEN (83), Sliedrecht (NL/ZH)
• Cornelis Vroomen de (83), Sliedrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Aukje Jogchums Laverman (89), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Berends Ley (66), Ihren-Unlande, Germany
• Aukje Laverman (89), harlingen
• Antoon Joseph Keulen (70), Brunssum
• * Pieter van Ruitenburg (78), Waddinxveen
• Berendina Bennink, Emmen
• Albertus Bomhof (80), Capelle aan de IJssel

• 1940 » Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1941 » Al Downing, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1941 » David Johnston, Canadian academic, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor General of Canada
• 1941 » Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist and academic, developed the OBJ language († 2006)
• 1942 » Chris Hani, South African politician († 1993)
• 1942 » Frank Zane, American professional bodybuilder and author
• 1942 » Hans-Joachim Walde, German decathlete († 2013)
• 1943 » Donald Johanson, American paleontologist and academic
• 1943 » Jens Birkemose, Danish painter
• 1943 » Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1922 » Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1885)
• 1929 » Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1936 » Alexander Berkman, American author and activist († 1870)
• 1939 » Douglas H. Johnston, governor of the Chickasaw Nation (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (b. 1896)
• 1944 » Friedrich Dollmann, German general (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)

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.
• April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
• May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
• May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
• May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
• June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
• August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.

The temperature on June 28, 1942 was between 10.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.