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• Anna Dees, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 2001)
• Ale Leenstra, Joure, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Betty Aicher († 2002)
• Adriana Alijda Johanna Heijmans, Nijmegen († 1981)
• Berendina Sjoertina Kramer, Wormerveer († 1980)
• Beleke Hagen, Steenwijk († 2020)
• Betsie Stiene VAN HOORN, 't Zand, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Ale Klazes Leenstra, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Christina Doornekamp, Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1989)
• Doodgeboren Cavé, Leiden,2311,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1927)

• Andries Johannes Hendrikus Veldkamp (15), Hengelo
• Antonia Maes ( Maas) (84), Tilburg, Nederland
• Cornelis van den Reek (77), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Aafje Dirks Dudink (62), Blokker
• Apolonia Kools (23), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Voeten, Breda
• Antonia Maes (84), Tilburg
• Anna Paulina Selim (59), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Cornelis Nicolaas Bierings (59), Tilburg
• Cornelis van der Reijden (87), Brielle

• 1925 » Eldon Griffiths, English journalist and politician († 2014)
• 1925 » Jeanne Crain, American actress († 2003)
• 1925 » Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author († 1974)
• 1926 » Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1926 » Claude Akins, American actor († 1994)
• 1926 » David Wynne, English sculptor and painter († 2014)
• 1926 » Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet († 2009)
• 1926 » William Bowyer, English painter and academic († 2015)
• 1927 » Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 1984)
• 1927 » Robert Ludlum, American soldier and author († 2001)

• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)

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

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

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
• May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
• June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
• September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
• September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
• November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

The temperature on May 25, 1927 was between 4.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.