About the day » Monday December 27, 1937Calender converter

• Huberdina Maria Cornelia van Disseldorp, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Helena Maria Johanna van Pierre de Bernis-Calvière, Parijs († 1995)
• Angela Haitel, Barger-Oosterveld († 1941)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Johannes Wijsman, Haarlem († 1998)
• van Alphen, Tiel (GL) († 1937)
• Hugo Festraets, Sint-Truiden, België († 1993)
• Alida de Zoete, Loosduinen(ZH) († 1937)
• Gail Patricia Jones, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa († 2006)
• Helene de Pierre de Bernis-Calvière, Paris, 75000, Île de France-Seine, France († 1995)
• Fred Ledegang, Amsterdam († 2022)

• Adrianus Jacobus Slegtenhorst (88), Almelo
• Anna Elisabeth Blonden (71), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Onvlee (36), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Ootjers (67), Noord Scharwoude
• Anastasie Vekemans (78), Itegem, Antwerpen, België
• Alouisia van de Poel (85), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Pols (67), Raamsdonk
• Adriana Pols (67), Raamsdonk, Gemeente Geertruidenberg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Arie Ariesz Ootjers (67), Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland
• Bartha Hop (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1933 » Dave Marr, American golfer († 1997)
• 1934 » Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, English businessman
• 1934 » Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast and coach
• 1935 » Michael Turnbull, English bishop
• 1936 » Eve Uusmees, Estonian swimmer and coach
• 1936 » Phil Sharpe, English cricketer († 2014)
• 1939 » John Amos, American actor
• 1940 » David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire († 2009)
• 1941 » Mike Pinder, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1941 » Miles Aiken, American basketball player and coach

• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Hendrika
10. Catharina
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Alida
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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
• April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
• May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
• June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

The temperature on December 27, 1937 was between -3.3 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.