About the day » Tuesday January 4, 1927Calender converter

• Elizabeth Ritchie, Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Donna Mable Briggs, Jefferson County, Idaho, United States of America († 2009)
• Adriana Catharina Wiebes, Leiden († 2004)
• Betty ISAACS, Victoria, Australia († 1992)
• Berend Schonewille, Ambt Hardenberg († 2022)
• Aukina Adriaantje Bakker, Sappemeer, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Theresia Leek, Alkmaar
• Christian Livemont, Péruwelz († 2002)
• Cornelis Dijkhuizen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Aécio Ferreira da Cunha, Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2010)

• Amanda Crow (78), Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje Jans Schonewille (13), Dalen
• Anna Theresia Rosalia Coenegrachts (76)
• Annechien Schonewille (13), Vossebelt, Dalen
• Alida Johanna Boogaard (74), Haarlam
• Alida Ides (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Jacobs Benjamins (62), Heerlen
• Antonetta van den Berg (71), Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Kaemingk (0), Schuinesloot
• Anna Rietberg (32), Amsterdam

• 1924 » Marianne Werner, German shot putter
• 1925 » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician († 2003)
• 1927 » Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1927 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician († 2015)
• 1930 » Don Shula, American football player and coach († 2020)
• 1930 » Sorrell Booke, American actor and director († 1994)
• 1931 » Coşkun Özarı, Turkish footballer and coach († 2011)
• 1931 » Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator
• 1931 » William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia

• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
• February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
• July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

The temperature on January 4, 1927 was between 0.3 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.