About the day » Friday April 29, 1927Calender converter

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• Annie Aleida ter Maat, Aalten († 2019)
• Adrianus de Vries, Oostvoorne († 2002)
• Adriana Maria van Wijk, Helvoirt, Nederland († 2001)
• Aaltje Eekhuis, Terwolde († 2013)
• Arie van der Winden, Poortugaal, Nederland († 1997)
• Christianus Cornelis Rombouts, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Cornelia Wever, Roswinkel, Emmen († 2024)
• Albertha Theresia Maria Pasterkamp, Raalte († 1950)
• Christien Nijkamp, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)

• Bernardus (65), Lonneker
• Arnoldus Leonardus Duffhues, Oeffelt, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriaan Boelhouwers (76), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Bakker (74), Groningen
• Amanda Jane Burnes (74), Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
• Arnoldus Servatius Duffhues (40), Oeffelt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Duijnker (61), Westerland
• Anna Geertruida Bakker (74), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonetta Vestjens (79), Weert,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arthur Edouard Victor Marie Ghislain Stas de Richelle (59), Schelle

• 1925 » Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer († 2007)
• 1925 » John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia († 2007)
• 1926 » Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1927 » Bill Slater, English footballer († 2018)
• 1927 » Dorothy Manley, English sprinter
• 1928 » Carl Gardner, American singer († 2011)
• 1928 » Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic († 2017)
• 1929 » Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach († 2003)
• 1929 » Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor († 2014)
• 1929 » Walter Kempowski, German author and academic († 2007)

• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

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.
• April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
• July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
• August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
• September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.

The temperature on April 29, 1927 was between 4.8 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.