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• Maarten Anckaert, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1992)
• Gijsbertus Franciscus Edelbroek, Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Cornelis Franciscus Cornelisse (71), Zoeterwoude
• Cornelia Johanna van Zand (79), Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelia Johanna van Zand (79), Breda
• Elisabeth Troost (65)
• Cornelia Alida van der Valk (84), Reek
• Charles Allen Bailey (52)
• Amalia Gerrits van Leeuwen (74), Rijnsburg
• Beulah Richardson Ramseyer (57), Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
• Anna Maria van Haandel (80), Sint-Oedenrode
• Catharina van Loenen (60), Delft, Nederland

• 1972 » Doriva, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1972 » Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1973 » Marco Paulo Faria Lemos, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1974 » Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer
• 1974 » Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
• 1975 » Maura Johnston, American journalist, critic, and academic
• 1976 » Glenn Morrison, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1976 » Roberto Goretti, Italian footballer
• 1976 » Steven Bell, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 » Zaza Enden, Georgian-Turkish wrestler, basketball player, and coach

• 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)
• 1983 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Peter
5. Michael
6. Jeroen
7. Patrick
8. David
9. Richard
10. Robert
11. Marcel
12. Marco
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Johan
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Patricia
5. Johanna
6. Cindy
7. Esther
8. Bianca
9. Wendy
10. Ingrid
11. Anna
12. Jolanda
13. Nicole
14. Linda
15. Miranda
16. Saskia

• 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
• January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
• July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
• September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
• October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
• December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

The temperature on May 28, 1974 was between 9.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.