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• Cornelis Gerrit van Halem, Zwijndrecht († 1999)
• Aart Jan Chardon, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Alida Cornelia Waasdorp, Sassenheim († 2004)
• Elisabeth Marie Richarda Cartuyvels († 2013)
• Cornelius Herman Buitenhuis, (USA) New York († 2012)
• van den Assem, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth van der Houwen, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1995)
• Piet Burghouts, Eindhoven († 2009)
• Antonie Marie Joseph Korsten, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Alida Cornelia Waasdorp, Sassenheim († 2004)

• Aaltje Ham (58), Emmen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafje Cornelia van Vliet (73)
• Alida Jannetje Overvliet (37), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Ham (59), Emmen
• Anna Maria van Vuuren (46), Etten, Nederland
• *jan talens (81), Steenbergen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana VAN GEELEN (42), Utrecht
• Amanda VERMAEREN (20), Geraardsbergen, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adrianus Petrus van der Meer (64), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amaryllis Fern REGENMORTER Wdr (0)

• 1924 » Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver and businessman († 1998)
• 1925 » Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor († 1990)
• 1926 » Morton Feldman, American composer and academic († 1987)
• 1926 » Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1928 » Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress († 2006)
• 1929 » Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic
• 1929 » Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician († 2015)
• 1930 » Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor († 2016)
• 1930 » Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright
• 1930 » Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded Tim Hortons († 1974)

• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)

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.
• April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
• July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
• August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
• October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
• December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

The temperature on January 12, 1927 was between 4.0 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.