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• Antonetta Maria van Schilt, halsteren († 1981)
• Abram Willemsz Ravensberg(en), Katwijk († 1987)
• Anthonia Cornelia Dirkzwager, Rotterdam († 1964)
• Clare Catherine Sweeney, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia († 2015)
• Albert Drogt, Rheezerveen († 1927)
• Anthonie Vermeij, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Clementina M.A. Adriaensen, Baarle-Hertog (België) († 2005)
• Anna de Metter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Albert Slomp († 1981)
• Alida Ursem, Opmeer

• Anna Katherine Dijkers (80), New Orleans,lo, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Jacobus van der Meer (48), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonius Lenting (86), Braamt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Mekking (93), Ede
• Arendje Blijenburg, Overschie
• Albertus Blommers (62), Culemborg
• Arend Westhuis (21), Nunspeet
• Arendje Bleijenburg (Bleijenberg) (58), Overschie Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Alijda Bellert (72), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arthur William ASHTON (62), Flitton with Silsoe, Ampthill, Bedfordshire

• 1925 » John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1925 » Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author († 1990)
• 1925 » Robert B. Rheault, American colonel († 2013)
• 1926 » Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host († 2011)
• 1928 » Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator († 2012)
• 1929 » Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1929 » William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist († 2014)
• 1930 » Booker Ervin, American saxophonist († 1970)
• 1930 » Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1931 » Dan Rather, American journalist

• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)

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 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
• May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
• November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
• December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
• December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on October 31, 1927 was between 8.9 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.