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• Edith Arlene Berkenpas, Seney, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2012)
• Doodgeboren Zoon BRONNER, Hoogkarspel († 1927)
• Cornelis Jan van Egmond, Naarden († 1980)
• Catharina Annetta Rodolf, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 2003)
• Astrid Zeller, Freudenstadt, Germany († 1960)
• Bernardus Gerardus Kemperink, Tubbergen († 1938)
• Dirk van Roon, Vlaardingen († 2002)
• Aaltina Jeuring, Brunssum († 1929)
• Andries van Wensen, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Bernard Albert Kruidbos, Soerabaja, N.I († 1992)

• Arie De WINTER (71), Rotterdam
• Adriaantje Gasper (59)
• Albertus van Kessel (26), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Zee (64), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bertha Hendrika van den Bosch (0), Raalte
• Bouwke Bloem (57), Groningen
• Adolf de Munnik (59), Emmen
• Alida Johanna Helena Pfersich (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Winter (71), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Driessen, Oudenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1924 » Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1924 » Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan
• 1925 » Johnny Peirson, Canadian hockey player
• 1926 » Bill Pertwee, English actor († 2013)
• 1926 » Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer († 2002)
• 1926 » Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1926 » Paul Burke, American actor († 2009)
• 1928 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler († 1998)
• 1929 » Bob Orton, American wrestler († 2006)
• 1930 » Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and songwriter († 2002)

• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)

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 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
• January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
• May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
• August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
• December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

The temperature on July 21, 1927 was between 12.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.