About the day » Thursday May 28, 1959Calender converter

• Linda Ford, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI († 1959)
• ellen seuren, eindhoven
• Jack Peters, Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland († 1980)
• Kind van Ulden, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Wilhelmina Saskia Don, Epe († 1999)
• Cameron Johannes Hazelzet († 2001)
• nn Westerhout, Utrecht († 1959)
• Cameron Johannes HAZELZET, Toronto, Canada († 2001)
• Wilhelmina Saskia Don, Epe († 1999)
• Theodorus Bernardus Matthijssen, Doornenburg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1977)

• Baukje Hendriks Smid (75), Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aris van Hardenveld (69)
• Antien Jans Luinge (64), Eelde
• Berthe de Lobkowitz (63), Prague (Praha),, Rép. Tchèque
• Berendina Carolina Johanna Wijers (Weijers) (80), Deventer, Nederland
• Angelina Emelinda Louise Harmens (0), Olst
• Adriana Maria de Veer (83), Tilburg
• Alexander Granaada (73), Groningen
• Adriana Maria van Nispen (64), Breda
• antonia TIMMERS (60), Prinsenbeek

• 1956 » Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer
• 1956 » Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer
• 1956 » Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver († 1980)
• 1956 » Peter Wilkinson, English admiral
• 1957 » Ben Howland, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Colin Barnes, English footballer
• 1957 » Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 » Risto Mannisenmäki, Finnish racing driver
• 1960 » Mark Sanford, American military veteran (USAF) and politician, 115th Governor of South Carolina
• 1960 » Mary Portas, English journalist and author

• 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)
• 1975 » Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
• 1976 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (b. 1914)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. Willem
7. Robert
8. Gerrit
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. Paul
13. Dirk
14. David
15. Adrianus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Yvonne
9. Adriana
10. Hendrika
11. Ingrid
12. Margaretha
13. Petronella
14. Linda
15. Karin
16. Anita

• 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.

The temperature on May 28, 1959 was between 8.4 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.