About the day » Monday January 31, 1927Calender converter

• Donna Lois Bos, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan († 2016)
• Cornelis van der Meij, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Edward William Strome, Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada († 2018)
• Antonius Maas, Hulsel († 1928)
• Egbert Broekroelofs, Radewijk († 2001)
• Count Josef of Korff Schmissing, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany († 1985)
• Catherine Irene Yingling, Blandburg PA († 2004)
• Cornelis de Jonge († 2024)
• Frans Johannes Dijkshoorn, Den Haag ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Annie Cuijten, Heeze († 1976)

• Alina Poelma (94), Haren, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Annema (51), Jelsum, Friesland, Nederland
• Alina Poelma (94), (GR) Haren
• Alexandra Alexandrovna Vasiltchikova (66), Parijs
• Adrianus Buitenweg (74), Utrecht
• (54), Saint François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Montmagny, Québec
• Agatha Bunnik (45), Reeuwijk
• Annie Louisa Smith (77), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Jacobs Noppert (77)
• Aaltje Ruiter (72), Opsterland

• 1923 » Norman Mailer, American journalist and author († 2007)
• 1925 » Benjamin Hooks, American minister, lawyer, and activist († 2010)
• 1926 » Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter († 1958)
• 1926 » Tom Alston, American baseball player († 1993)
• 1927 » Norm Prescott, American animator, producer, and composer, co-founded Filmation Studios († 2005)
• 1928 » Irma Wyman, American computer scientist and engineer († 2015)
• 1929 » Jean Simmons, English-American actress († 2010)
• 1929 » Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1930 » Al De Lory, American composer, conductor, and producer († 2012)
• 1930 » Joakim Bonnier, Swedish race car driver († 1972)

• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)

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.
• January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
• May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
• May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.

The temperature on January 31, 1927 was between 2.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.