About the day » Monday August 27, 1906Calender converter

• Antje Kaij, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Petronella Hoefsmit, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Driel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Catharina Cornelia van Velzen, Gouda
• Aaltje Johanna Elisabeth Feith, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Margaret Renken, George, Lyon Co., IA († 1981)
• Annigje Oldejans, assen
• Anna van Ham, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Wijers, Rotterdam
• Aksel Sørflaten, Solheim, Etnedal, Oppland, Norway († 1998)

• Adriaan de Nooijer (54), Wissenkerke, Nederland
• Abraham van Wyck van Vechten (77)
• Antje Bruinsma (40), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Stoppels (0)
• Bertha de Vries (68), Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana de Jong (27), Lange Ruige Weide
• Archie B Jenkins (0)
• Anton Hendrik Kap (0), Arnhem, Nederland
• Ann Tranter (74), Aston, Warwickshire, England
• Nieboer (0), Winschoten

• 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)

• 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.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• 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.