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• Aagje van der Kaaij, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Allan G. Kraayvanger, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)
• Cornelius Adrianus van Noort, Voorhout, ZH, Nederland († 2005)
• Dirk Lepoeter, Kapelle († 2006)
• Albert Jan Godeke, Ambt Hardenberg († 1994)
• Bernard Johan te Beest, Silvolde († 1989)
• Albert Loren Leroy Bligh, Royal, Antelope, Nebraska († 2001)
• Clifford J Pekel, Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Antonius Johannes Maria Schellekens, Tilburg († 1953)
• Cornelis Adrianus van Noort, Lisse († 2009)

• Grijseels, den haag
• Anthony Visscher (67), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta van de Wakker (0), Amersfoort
• * Hubertus Ferdinandus Winnen (57), Maasniel
• Anna van der Sijde (36), Dordrecht
• Arie Dirven (68), Breda
• Anthony Visscher (67), Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van den Broek (71), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Anna Maria Balk (87), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Koelman (69), maarssen

• 1925 » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright († 1972)
• 1926 » Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano († 2012)
• 1926 » Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
• 1926 » Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer († 2004)
• 1926 » Kerwin Mathews, American actor († 2007)
• 1926 » Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor († 2009)
• 1927 » Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic († 2015)
• 1928 » Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author († 1996)
• 1928 » Luther Perkins, American country guitarist († 1968)
• 1928 » Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington

• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)

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.
• February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
• March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
• May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
• May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• 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 8, 1927 was between -1.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.