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• Yvonne Midde († 2010)
• Sandy Potemans, Amsterdam († 2013)
• Jacob Bleeker († 1986)
• Aalt van den Brink, Harderwijk († 2011)
• Martinus Gerardus Hazenbroek, Nieuwerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christopher MacDonald, Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Jeffrey Kent Wattman († 1999)

• Anna Maria ten Hoor (71), Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Jacobus Kerremans (74), Breda, Noord Brabant
• André Antoine Henri Marie Nollet (73), Croix, 59 (F)
• van Gogh (86), Goes, Nederland
• Arie Cornelis de Jong (44), Lopik
• Arendje Jansje Platjes (72), Vriezenveen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Roose (82), Veendam,Veendam,Groningen,Nederland
• Arnoldus van Zoest (69), Lith, Nederland
• Arend Bakker (60), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolphina, Dorothea, Amelia Tehupeiorij (89), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1966 » Miljenko Jergović, Bosnian novelist and journalist
• 1966 » Roger Kumble, American director, screenwriter, and playwright
• 1967 » Glen Rice, American basketball player
• 1968 » Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1969 » Mike DiFelice, American baseball player and manager
• 1969 » Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto († 2016)
• 1970 » Glenn Quinn, American actor († 2002)
• 1971 » Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater and sportscaster
• 1971 » Isabelle Carré, French actress and singer
• 1971 » Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician

• 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)
• 1980 » Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
• 1982 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)

• 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
• March 25 » During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
• April 15 » The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
• April 22 » British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
• May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
• August 12 » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
• September 26 » Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.

The temperature on May 28, 1969 was between 12.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.