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• Hermanns († 1927)
• Eva Maria J , (Eef) van den Heuvel († 2015)
• Bernard Hengst, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• Elton Clare Kerr, Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Adriaan Bons, Numansdorp († 1934)
• Anna Zandbergen, Odoorn
• Asta Nordsveen († 2010)
• Arie van de Molegraaf, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Anna Elizabeth Dijkstra, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Corrie Lommerse, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)

• Catharina Barbara Hoogreef (55), Haarlem
• Antje Paarlberg (56), Beverwijk
• Aaltje Wilgenburg (3), Barneveld
• Adrianus Martinus Immers (69), ,, Delft, Nederland
• Aaltje Groendijk (59), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hermanns (0)
• Annegiena Bruintjes (73), Musselkanaal
• Alban Hamlin ("Alvin") Carr (69), Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje de Gooijer (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Vooren (63), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1924 » Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1925 » Antoine Gizenga, Congolese politician († 2019)
• 1925 » Gail Davis, American actress († 1997)
• 1925 » Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter
• 1925 » Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota († 2015)
• 1926 » Avraham Adan, Israeli general († 2012)
• 1926 » Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator († 1979)
• 1928 » Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator († 1974)
• 1929 » Bill Wirtz, American businessman († 2007)
• 1929 » Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2017)

• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)
• 1936 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)

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 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
• July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
• September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
• September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
• December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on October 5, 1927 was between 4.4 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.