About the day » Thursday May 28, 1959Calender converter

• Amélia Manuela Mack Gonçalves, Miragaia, Porto, Porto, Portugal († 1959)
• Jack Peters, Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland († 1980)
• Theodorus Bernardus Matthijssen, Doornenburg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1977)
• Cameron Johannes Hazelzet († 2001)
• nn Westerhout, Utrecht († 1959)
• Wilhelmina Saskia Don, Epe († 1999)
• Kind van Ulden, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Hendrikus Wilhelmus Looman, nijmegen († 1960)
• ellen seuren, eindhoven
• Bas van Gulik, Eindhoven, Nederland († 2015)

• Antje Jager (86), Haren
• arnoldus oomen (75), Sittard
• Antonia Maria Josephina Spapens (70), Goirle
• Adriana Maria de Veer (83), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Carolina Johanna Wijers (80), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Scholten (76), Deventer
• Antje Hilverda (89), Zwolle, Nederland
• Albertus Jelmers Visser (81), Grouw
• Anna Smiers (79), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Boven (83), Den Dungen

• 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)

• 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.
• February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
• July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.

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.