About the day » Wednesday August 27, 1913Calender converter

• Alma Margaretha Francieska David, Koewacht (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, ZL) NL († 1978)
• Adrianus Petrus Cornelis van Hest, Goirle († 1914)
• Aaltje Keen, Wezup (Zweeloo) († 1957)
• Adriana Johanna Hendrika Letschert, Amsterdam († 1988)
• * Gijsbertha Maria Steenhoek, Vlaardingen († 1985)
• Anna Catharina Adams, Merksplas (België) († 2000)
• Aloijsius Cornelis Johannes Peters, Veghel († 1989)
• Abraham Elzenga, kampen
• Alice-Victorine Slagmulders, Denderhoutem († 2002)
• Anna Christina Magdalena Janssen, Beesel, Limburg, Netherlands († 1981)

• Aart Eikelenstam (90), Meerkerk
• Aart Eikelenstam (90), Meerkerk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adèle Eleonore Oetgens van Waveren Pancras Clifford (26), Soerabaja
• Aafke de Jong (37), Rotterdam
• Aaron Bobb (83), Lyons, Rice, Kansas
• Anna Catharina Welsman (71), Breda, Nederland
• Aloysius Alouis Waelput (62), Zuiddorpe, Nederland
• *Johannes Cornelis Kil (12), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Krahn (71), Alexandrovka, Barnaul, Asiatic Russia
• Aafke JONG, DE (37), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1909 » Charles Pozzi, French race car driver († 2001)
• 1909 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1959)
• 1909 » Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1966)
• 1911 » Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer († 2005)
• 1912 » Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist († 1980)
• 1915 » Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1916 » Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover († 1991)
• 1916 » Martha Raye, American actress and comedian († 1994)
• 1916 » Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1993)
• 1917 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1986)

• 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)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
• February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
• February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
• December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

The temperature on August 27, 1913 was between 10.9 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.