About the day » Friday February 27, 1920Calender converter

• Bennie Sportel, Renville County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1920)
• Albertina Petronella van den Brandt, Grubbenvorst († 1939)
• Bastiaan Vroegop, Den Haag († 1994)
• ? Meems, Mussel, Gemeente Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 1920)
• Abra van den Hooven, Zuidland, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2000)
• Alfred John Moulds, Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia († 1969)
• Albert Huizinga, Onstwedde († 1920)
• barbara van den berg († 1998)
• Aafje CORNET, IJmuiden († 1953)
• Aaltje Huizinga, Assen († 2001)

• Antonius Verhoeven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Geertruda Kunen (37), Valkenswaard
• Anthonia Ziekman (46), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Hensgens (89), Vaals
• ? Meems (0), Mussel, Gemeente Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van de Gevel (56), Tilburg
• de Groot (0), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Mader (89), Leiden
• Aaldert Huizinga (19), Coevorden
• Arij Soeteman (80), Ridderkerk

• 1913 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic († 2005)
• 1915 » Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman († 2001)
• 1917 » John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury († 1993)
• 1920 » Reg Simpson, English cricketer († 2013)
• 1921 » Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator († 2014)
• 1922 » Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar († 1977)
• 1923 » Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor († 1990)
• 1925 » Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor († 2002)
• 1925 » Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1926 » David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)

• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
• November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
• December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

The temperature on February 27, 1920 was between 1.6 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.