About the day » Friday February 27, 1931Calender converter

• Alfons Christianus Maria (Fons) Neefs, Ginneken-Bavel († 2008)
• Anthonie STEKELENBURG, utrecht († 1984)
• Cornelis Johannis Koetsier, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Andreas Jacobus Verver, Heiloo († 2018)
• Als dood geboren aangegeven zoon Hogervorst, Haarlem († 1931)
• David Andrew Ivy, Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Berice Noreen PETER († 2005)
• Aalt van de Streek, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2010)
• Arie van Beusekom († 2019)
• Donald Lee Bangert, Leslie, Todd, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Aaltje Haversman (84), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Zon (77), Waalwijk
• Anneke JANSEN (83), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Fens (91), Vlissingen
• Albert Bos (65), Zwolle
• Adrianus Jongbloets (0), Tilburg the Netherlands
• Antonius Snijders (48), Klundert, Nederland
• Antonia IJsseldijk (55), Warnsveld
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Frints (52), Margraten, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Haversman (84), Dieren

• 1929 » Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1929 » Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1929 » Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player († 1985)
• 1930 » Joanne Woodward, American actress
• 1930 » Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia († 2014)
• 1930 » Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic († 2014)
• 1930 » Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer († 2003)
• 1932 » David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1932 » Dame Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian († 2011)
• 1933 » Raymond Berry, American football player and coach

• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.

The temperature on February 27, 1931 was between 1.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.