About the day » Saturday August 20, 1927Calender converter

• Annie Jansen, Den Haag († 2005)
• Corry Quadackers († 2008)
• Adrianus Wuijster, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Bernardina M.H. (Dinie) Kuin, Gemeente s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Doris Jean Wyatt, State Center, Marshall, Iowa († 1970)
• Adriana Anna Maria Bentvelzen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Aartje Walet, Nijkerk († 2001)
• Betty Lemoine MAY, Hillsboro Washington County Oregon U.S.A († 1991)
• Anna Maria Adriana Jansen, Den Haag († 2005)
• Durkje van der Goot, Sondel († 2014)

• Cornelis van Lienden (70), Lienden, Nederland
• Adrianus van der MARK (0), Utrecht
• Derkje Harms (Harmsen) (76), Magele (Den Ham)
• Alida Tuinebreijer (29), 's-Gravenhage
• Arnoldina Faassen (78), Ubbergen (Beek)
• Anna Langkamp (71), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bartha Petronella Johanna van Brero (69), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Derkje Harms (76), Magele (Den Ham)
• Annie Pearl "Minnie" Nolan **** (50), Griffin, Spalding, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Jacoba Josephina Beerkens (34), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1924 » George Zuverink, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1926 » Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist († 1978)
• 1926 » Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach († 2014)
• 1927 » Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation († 2013)
• 1927 » John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian
• 1927 » Peter Oakley, English soldier and blogger († 2014)
• 1927 » Yootha Joyce, English actress († 1980)
• 1929 » Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1930 » Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor († 2013)
• 1930 » Peter Randall, English sergeant († 2007)

• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)

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 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
• April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
• May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.

The temperature on August 20, 1927 was between 11.7 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.