About the day » Saturday August 27, 1927Calender converter

• David Eugene Hadley, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio († 1981)
• Diewertje Jetskea Tekens, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Bobby Lee Jones Barnett, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Dre Kuijpers († 1997)
• Adrianus Petrus Damen, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 2011)
• Cornelis Philippus Strijker, Ijmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Clasina van Belzen († 1987)
• Dirk Matthijsz van Baaren, Rhenen († 2001)
• Albert JAGER, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2006)
• Albert Thomas Nelson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2016)

• Antoon Joseph Hubert Loo (0), Vaals (Limburg)
• Aaltje de Pre (76), Middelburg
• Alida Matse (82), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Benjamin W. Nicola (76), Orange, Orange, California, United States
• Anna Maria Ludovica Anthonis (68), Herentals, België
• Berthold Plaut (26), Regensburg, Beieren, Duitsland
• Adrianus Versteeg (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Gerdina van Rennes (4), Utrecht
• Bonne Gosses Jonker (58), Leeuwarden
• Kaiser (0), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland

• 1925 » Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal († 2017)
• 1925 » Bill Neilson, Australian politician, 34th Premier of Tasmania († 1989)
• 1925 » Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian poet and academic († 2015)
• 1925 » Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager († 2011)
• 1925 » Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic († 2012)
• 1926 » George Brecht, American-German chemist and composer († 2008)
• 1926 » Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1928 » Joan Kroc, American philanthropist († 2003)
• 1928 » Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu
• 1928 » Péter Boross, Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary

• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)

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.
• May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
• May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
• 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.
• August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
• October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

The temperature on August 27, 1927 was between 12.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.