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• Aleida Geertruida Morskate, Borne († 1948)
• Adolf de Vries, Losser († 1947)
• Agnes Hendrikse, IJzendijke
• Anna Derks Oosterhuis, Uitwierde († 1999)
• Aaltje Zandbergen, Vollenhove († 1976)
• Aaltje Assink, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Josephine Maasen, Linn, Osage, Missouri, United States († 1994)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Anna Zebregs, Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1990)
• Albert Slootstra, Noordwolde,Weststellingwerf,Friesland,Nederland
• Anna Beratha Schoon, Minnesota († 1962)

• Abraham Mulder (67), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Barendina Ververs (44), Utrecht
• Aaltjen Lovink (77), Heidenhoek (Zelhem)
• Ariaantje van Gent (85), Rotterdam
• Carel Willem Marinus Filarski (47), Rotterdam
• Berendina Kampert, De Glind (Barneveld), Nederland
• Antje Waayer (44), Leeuwarden
• Adam Fox (Fuchs) (87), Goodfarm, Grundy, Illinois, United States
• Antje Waaijer (44), Leeuwarden
• Berend Koenders (88), Brummen

• 1904 » Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist and author († 1995)
• 1906 » Earle Cabell, American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1975)
• 1906 » Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer and educator († 2010)
• 1906 » Peter Blume, Belarusian-American painter and sculptor († 1992)
• 1908 » Lee Krasner, American painter († 1984)
• 1910 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1963)
• 1910 » Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, American chemical engineer († 2000)
• 1913 » Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author († 2016)
• 1913 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver († 1971)
• 1914 » Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish wrestler († 1979)

• 1880 » Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
• 1944 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)
• 1947 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

The temperature on October 27, 1906 was between 4.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.