About the day » Saturday February 12, 1927Calender converter

• Dirk Scherjon († 1998)
• Clazina Margaretha Hoogervorst, Ter Aar († 2018)
• David Bartley Gainey, North Carolina, United States († 1971)
• Albert Berends, Wittelte († 2014)
• Dirik Moor, Den Haag, Nederland († 1983)
• Cornelis Hubertus Hendricus Sebregts, Wintelre († 2015)
• Adriaan van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Emma Johanna de Hiep, Hilversum, Nederland († 1997)
• Colin John RIDDLE, Penong, South Australia, Australia († 2020)
• Alberdientje Bartelds, Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)

• Arthur Goyette (71), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
• Agnes Karll (58), Berlin, Bundeshauptstadt Berlin
• Auktje Rinkema (83), Nuis, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Baukje Postuma (72), Leeuwarderadeel, NL-FR
• Adolf Richardson Davies (70), Padang
• Arie Ariensz van Lint (78), Brielle, zh.nld
• Alberdina Petronella van Erp (0), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Elizabeth Lear (66), Eldwick, Bingley, United Kingdom
• Adriana Dijkxhoorn (10), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Smits (67), Helden,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1923 » Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director, producer, and politician († 2019)
• 1925 » Sir Anthony Berry, British Conservative politician († 1984)
• 1925 » Joan Mitchell, American-French painter († 1992)
• 1926 » Charles Van Doren, American academic († 2019)
• 1926 » Joe Garagiola, Sr., American baseball player and sportscaster († 2016)
• 1926 » Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator († 2014)
• 1928 » Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer († 2013)
• 1930 » Arlen Specter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1930 » John Doyle, Irish hurler and politician († 2010)
• 1931 » Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch-American author and translator († 2008)

• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
• 1942 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)

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.
• June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
• July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
• September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
• November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

The temperature on February 12, 1927 was between -4.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.