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• Anna Maria Johanna Kloor, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2004)
• Age Cnossen († 1983)
• Anna Opdeweegh, Ellikom († 2017)
• Alice Margarette Rawson Trussell, Lauderdale County, Mississippi († 1998)
• Adrianus Alblas, Sliedrecht († 1971)
• Johannes Althof († 1971)
• Aart Schild, Sliedrecht († 2003)
• Alberta Dekker, Stedum, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Antonia Petronella Schuurmans, Oss, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• * Hendrika Adriana Maria Seijkens, Aarle Rixtel († 2004)

• Adriana Lamberta Johanna Kreuger (21), Amsterdam
• Abel Bos (0)
• Arie Bloot, Leiden
• Antje Honingh (28), Ransdorp, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Andries Zwikker (78), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Beurden (73), Borgerhout,Antwerp,Belgium
• Aaltje van Eerde (84), Kampen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Goes (74), Jutphaas
• Anna Margarethe Brühl (75), Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
• Berry Bradford (81), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 31601

• 1912 » John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer († 1982)
• 1912 » Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1912 » Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1995)
• 1915 » Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1915 » Herman Wouk, American novelist († 2019)
• 1917 » Harry Webster, English engineer († 2007)
• 1918 » Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan († 2019)
• 1921 » Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor († 2013)
• 1922 » Christopher Lee, English actor († 2015)
• 1922 » Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist († 2015)

• 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)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
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 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 6.5 million citizens.
• January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

The temperature on May 27, 1917 was between 10.4 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.