About the day » Tuesday May 27, 1902Calender converter

• Abigail Winfield Chancey, Harrison, Ark († 1996)
• Adrianus Johannes Antonius Hilders, Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1903)
• Agatha Maria Wilhelmina Meeder, Schiedam
• Ada Lavida MANGES († 1922)
• Adriana Dymphna de Graauw, Raamsdonk († 1959)
• Alida Cornelia SCHOONHOFF, Bolsward(Friesland)
• AALTJE EVERDINA VAN BROEKHUIZEN, Barneveld († 1906)
• Adrianus Franciscus Uitenhoven, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Moosel, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1993)
• Albert Aaldertsz, Stavoren

• Annetje de Vries (11), Brielle, prov. Zuid Holland
• Aagje Pleuntje Berghout (22), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Dekker, Wognum
• Aafje Brouwer (79), Heerhugowaard
• Anna LODDER (48), Ridderkerk
• Aafje Cornelis' Brouwer (79), Heerhugowaard
• Antonius Emilius Celina De Renneville (3), Antwerpen
• Annigje Dekker (41), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaantje Mol (42), Rotterdam
• anna LODDER (48), ridderkerk

• 1897 » Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach († 1962)
• 1897 » John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1898 » David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer († 1976)
• 1899 » Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player († 1993)
• 1900 » Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp († 1964)
• 1900 » Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator († 1933)
• 1904 » Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist († 1997)
• 1906 » Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop († 2009)
• 1906 » Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher († 1993)
• 1906 » Harry Hibbs, English footballer († 1984)

• 1867 » Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)
• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 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)

• 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
• April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
• December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
• December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

The temperature on May 27, 1902 was between 6.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%).