About the day » Monday August 27, 1906Calender converter

• Aagje Neeltje Brouwer, Molenaarsgraaf († 1973)
• Antje Volgel, Midlum († 1974)
• Alice Catherine Vick Hindman [12], Massac County, Illinois acc († 1976)
• Antje Maria Bergman, Delft († 1985)
• Alida Overduijn, Amsterdam († 1908)
• Anthonia Petronella Hoefsmit, Utrecht († 1997)
• Nieboer, Winschoten († 1906)
• Alvadell Dorothy Daume, Bisbee, Chochise, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Anna van Ham, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Philomena Philippus vander Bergh, Antwerpen († 1906)

• Beatrix DANIELS (67), Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Agustinus Alphonsus Maria de Laat (1), Tllburg (N.Br.)
• Berend Jan Veldhoen (1), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anton Hendrik Kap (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• anna margaretha smolenaars (78), nederweert
• Bastiaan van Krimpen (57), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Ann Tranter (74), Aston, Warwickshire, England
• Adriana de Jong (27), Lange Ruige Weide
• Catharina Tjaardina De Jonge (26), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Bartholomeus Antonius Delmee (52), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company († 1982)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)
• 1906 » Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield († 1982)
• 1908 » Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager († 2001)
• 1908 » Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States († 1973)
• 1909 » Charles Pozzi, French race car driver († 2001)
• 1909 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1959)
• 1909 » Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1966)

• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)

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

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

• 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.
• March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

The temperature on August 27, 1906 was between 9.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.