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• Laurens Jacob Barteld Baas, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christian Jozua Vincent de Jong, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• Albert Frits (Frits) Ruimschotel (65), Utrecht
• Auke (3) van der Hoek (87), ,, Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• Auke (2) van der Hoek (87), ,, Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Theodorus Giezen (80), Apeldoorn
• Cornelia Cevaal (90), Koudekerke, Walcheren, ZL, Nederland
• Clara K Pravat (94), Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
• Albert Bonno van Essen (92), Grijpskerk
• Daniël de Mooij (69), Leiden
• Arthur Garnett Terrell (84), Penryn Cwll
• Anna Margeretha Elsebroek (81)

• 1985 » Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 » Kostas Mendrinos, Greek footballer
• 1985 » Pablo Andrés González, Argentinian footballer
• 1986 » Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player
• 1986 » Ingmar Vos, Dutch decathlete
• 1986 » Seth Rollins, American wrestler
• 1987 » T.J. Yates, American football player
• 1988 » Craig Kimbrel, American baseball player
• 1988 » NaVorro Bowman, American football player
• 1988 » Percy Harvin, American football player

• 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)
• 1984 » Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Sy Oliver, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Julius Eastman, American composer (b. 1940)
• 1994 » Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
• June 11 » Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
• October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
• October 11 » The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
• October 21 » The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
• November 28 » South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
• December 8 » An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.

The temperature on May 28, 1987 was between 8.1 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.