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• Anna Wobma († 1951)
• NN WESSELINK, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Provincie Overijssel,Nederland († 1951)
• Miep van de Veen, Kerkrade († 2005)
• Mieke SEGHERS, Temse,9140,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2023)
• Bernardus Gerardus Maria Klunder, RAALTE, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Evert Thomas Uiltjes van der Hoek, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1951)
• Petrus Julius Lambertus Paradé, Tilburg († 2004)
• Joseph Steven Voskuhl, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Rodney Lee Nafziger, Montpelier, Williams Co.Ohio († 2007)
• Jan IJsbrand Thomas Maria Galema, Boxtel († 2000)

• Catharina Meijer (84), Tange Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland
• Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Sunderman (75), Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Annie Harding Jun (76), Shute, Devon, England
• "Claire" Marie Berthe Christyn de Ribaucourt (77), Heers, Belgique
• Albertje Karsten (76), Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• CASPAR JOSEPH VROEMEN (71), Heiloo
• Anna Maria Prinses Reuss van Köstritz (82), Hohenlimburg, Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Anna Catharina Josepha Spiertz (71), Schaesberg
• Berendina VLEMINGH (74), Arnhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annigje Klazes Lunenborg (74), Hoogeveen

• 1948 » Michael Field, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Tasmania
• 1948 » Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer and songwriter († 2002)
• 1949 » Martin Kelner, English journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and radio presenter
• 1949 » Wendy O. Williams, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress († 1998)
• 1952 » Roger Briggs, American pianist, composer, conductor, and educator
• 1953 » Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1954 » Charles Saumarez Smith, English historian and academic
• 1954 » João Carlos de Oliveira, Brazilian jumper († 1999)
• 1954 » Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician († 2013)
• 1954 » Youri Egorov, Russian pianist and composer († 1988)

• 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)
• 1972 » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
• February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
• April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
• April 29 » Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
• December 25 » A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.

The temperature on May 28, 1951 was between 9.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.