About the day » Sunday May 27, 1928Calender converter

• Bertha De Beule, Zele, Belgie († 2007)
• Alfred John Freeman, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England († 1994)
• Anne Tigchelaar, Harlingen († 1973)
• Andrew S "Andy" Hampton, Mason, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Cornelis Jacobus Bakker, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1986)
• Annie Esser, Bleijerheide († 1999)
• Betje Uittenbogaard, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Cornelis Martinus Halff, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Cornelis (Cees) Burggraaff, Schoonrewoerd († 2015)
• Alfred Rose († 2002)

• Alida Verheul (79), Amersfoort
• Evert Everts (30), Hollandscheveld
• Aaltje Langeloo (65), Assen
• Adrianus Martinus Hoogendam (55), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adranus Martinus Hoogendam (55)
• Arend Lengton (0), Rotterdam
• Antonius (Toon) Holleman (88), Amsterdam
• Andries Olijslager (0), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Adriaan Westerbeke (75), Lima, Sheboygan, WI
• Arets (0), Kerkrade

• 1925 » Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author († 2008)
• 1927 » Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist († 1996)
• 1928 » Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator
• 1930 » Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator († 2010)
• 1930 » John Barth, American novelist and short story writer
• 1930 » William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 1931 » André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist († 1986)
• 1931 » Bernard Fresson, French actor († 2002)
• 1931 » Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer († 2015)
• 1931 » John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar

• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Gerardus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Grietje
15. Aaltje
16. Helena

• 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 7.6 million citizens.
• January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
• November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

The temperature on May 27, 1928 was between 7.3 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.